Eugenics and Forced Sterilization: The Infamous Case of Buck v. Bell (1927)

Tyler and Devan walk through the infamous US Supreme Court Case of Buck v Bell (1927) in this episode. Buck v Bell has a dark legacy that includes forced sterilization, eugenics, disability, and violence against women.

Further Reading:

• Wolfe, Brendan. Buck v. Bell (1927). (2021, February 12). In Encyclopedia Virginia.

• “The Forgotten Lessons of the American Eugenics Movement” The New Yorker, April 2016.

• Lombardo, Paul A. Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.

• Eugenics and Scientific Racism (2022) National Human Genomics Research Institute

• No Mas Bebes (2016) PBS Documentary

• Disability’s Challenge to Theology: Genes, Eugenics, and the Metaphysics of Modern Medicine, by Devan Stahl (University of Notre Dame Press)