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no_hypocrisy

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4. We're coming up to the centennial of SCOTUS' ruling that the government CAN

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:39 AM

9 hrs ago

involuntarily sterilize any person in the United States.

Buck v Bell

https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/buck-v-bell-1927/

AND this decision has NOT been overturned/reversed. If a state wanted to pass a law that allowed sterilization of any woman or man based on eugenics, that law could be enacted. Any of us, any of you.

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Kick and Rec JustAnotherGen 21 hrs ago #1

This piggy-backs on what was done in the south to black women BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago #2

K&R Bayard 14 hrs ago #3

We're coming up to the centennial of SCOTUS' ruling that the government CAN no_hypocrisy 9 hrs ago #4