Talk:Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring

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I believe a better translation is "Law on Preventing Hereditarily Ill Progeny"

Maybe, but this is the "official" translation offered by the Reichsdruckerei at the time. --24.147.86.187 13:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since Reichsdruckerei was never a judge of good English, and that whole state no longer exists, that's not a good enough reason to use a word like "hereditarily", which just plain sounds un-English. A native speaker would be much more likely to come up with "… Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Disease". (Although nowadays the word "genetically", pronounced with four syllables, would probably be preferred here. Anachronistic? The word "genetics" was coined in 1904 or so, but only became popular later.) — Wegesrand (talk) 12:21, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I believe these laws were in practice in the US during this time period. Other countries may have had the same laws. I believe one Supreme Court case has the quote " two generations of imbeciles is enough"( close quote if not perfect). Are there any states/countries that still practice sterilization?159.105.80.141 17:12, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Compulsory sterilization, the general article. --24.147.86.187 13:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Any link to the actual law itself?

I tried to search for it in http://www.verfassungen.de/de33-45/index.htm and it doesn't seem to be there. 2601:8C:4581:1150:2DB8:3A11:7D57:FA70 (talk) 02:26, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]