[Vision2020] eugenics books

[Peter Willard]

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At 01:14 PM 10/30/03 -0800, Debbie Gray wrote:

>The University of Idaho Library just purchased/received the book 'War
>against the weak: Eugenics and America's campaign to create a master race'
>by Edwin Black. It's not Margaret's book but it discusses her and other
>progressive thinkers of the time and the Eugenics movement.

I know I coudl just search for this, but I was wondering if March of Dimes 
or, inclusive, Easter Seals had its/their origins in the Eugenics movement? 
If I have a vague memory about that and why search?

Also, it seems to me that most of the Eugenicist concerns have been 
addressed by antibiotics and fortified breakfast cereals--hooray for 
niacinamide. Is that right or is there still a current favoring compulsory 
sterilization of the "unfit"? It will be interesting to see how genetic 
testing interacts with insurance and the law, especially as the "Baby Boom" 
becomes a "Dementia Boom" over the next ten years.

Cheers,
Peter 

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