Buck V Bell Case Study
In 1927, there was a case called Buck V. Bell, which in this particular case it involved a hearing that was required to determine whether or not the enforced eugenic sterilization was a wise thing to do. Today, I will write about The Supreme Court of Buck V. Bell, the definition of eugenic movement, and the role of eugenic movement in this case, and I will also address Oliver’s Wendell Holmes statement.
The main person in this case was named Carrie Buck; she was a feebleminded woman who was committed to a state mental institution. She was a resident of the state of Virginia, which in 1924, this same state passed a statute that authorized the superintendants of mental institutions to order the sterilization of people that suffer with hereditary
The main person in this case was named Carrie Buck; she was a feebleminded woman who was committed to a state mental institution. She was a resident of the state of Virginia, which in 1924, this same state passed a statute that authorized the superintendants of mental institutions to order the sterilization of people that suffer with hereditary