Eugenics and Scientific Racism

Eugenics and Scientific Racism

A 1,400-page report was released by Japan’s parliament on June 19, detailing the nation’s history of state-sponsored sterilizations. The report documents nearly 25,000 people who were sterilized by the government due to cognitive disabilities, mental illness or...
When We Use Science to Justify Our Racial Biases

When We Use Science to Justify Our Racial Biases

The University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley) announced on Oct. 26 that it would repurpose its Genealogical Eugenics Institute Fund. According to the school, the fund was originally a private trust set up in 1960. By 1975, the trust was transferred to the...

Dobson Compares Stem-Cell Research to Nazi Experiments

Focus on the Family’s James Dobson said Wednesday that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist betrayed pro-life voters with his flip-flop on stem cells, comparing the destruction of human embryos for research to experiments on humans done in Nazi concentration camps...