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Eugenics: a toxic history

Adam Rutherford discusses the dark – and often surprising – history of the eugenics movement

• Ellie Cawthorne

Published: March 10, 2022 at 12:16 PM

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Geneticist Adam Rutherford speaks to Ellie Cawthorne about the dark, and often surprising, history of the eugenics movement, from ‘best baby’ fairs and population control to the Nazi ‘euthanasia’ programme. He discusses the ideas behind the ideology, and how its implementation has had devastating impacts.

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Adam Rutherford is the author of Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics (Orion, 2022)

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