Eugenics is the study of attempting to improve the human race by selective breeding. Its rationale is to remove bad or deleterious genes from the population, increasing the genetic fitness of humanity as a result. Campaigns to stop the criminal, the...

Eugenics is the study of improving the human race by selective breeding. Its rationale is to remove bad or deleterious genes from the population, increasing the overall fitness of humanity as a result. Campaigns to stop the criminal, the poor, the...

The term euphenics was coined in the early 1960s as an alternative or counterpart to the word eugenics. Euphenics means specifically intervention in human development at the molecular and cellular level. The term has been used to refer to treatment of...

The study and application of techniques intended to manage and control the development of populations in a predetermined direction. Originally the concept was seen as a way of improving the human race through such advances as the elimination of genetic...

Eugenics is a social philosophy which advocates the improvement of human hereditary traits through various forms of intervention.[1] Throughout history, eugenics has been regarded by its various advocates as a social responsibility, an altruistic stance...

Here is yesterday's decision by Brooklyn federal judge Nicholas Garaufis, who reinstated candidate Wellington Sharpe on the ballot for an April 24th City Council election on the grounds that his opponent Mathieu Eugene had an "unfair advantage" in the petitioning process. This new election, in...

It turns out that Brooklyn District Attorney Joe Hynes has donated money to Mathieu Eugene, the candidate who won the February special election to fill the seat but never took office. (Eugene failed to prove that he lived in the district at the time of...

Eugene's place of residence leading up to and on the day of his election, the City Council will launch an investigation to determine whether he meets residency requirements to hold office, Speaker Christine Quinn said in a public statement just now. Both Vincent Ignizio and...

Indiana sought to atone for its role in pioneering the state-authorized sterilization of "imbeciles," paupers and others it deemed undesirable, expressing regret for passing the first such law 100 years ago.Health Commissioner Dr. Judith Monroe said Thursday at a symposium at the Indiana State Library...

Social issues, forced sterilization, as well as racial discrimination are concerns which demonstrate the unethical ideology of eugenics. Eugenics is the study of human heredity, aimed at improving the genetic quality of the human stock.