{"product_id":"9780882825366","title":"Sterilization of Carrie Buck: Was She Feebleminded of Society's Pawn?","description":"Now, the truth about one of America's most shameful moments is revealed in \u003cb\u003eThe Sterilization of Carrie Buck\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn October 27, 1927, 21-year-old Carrie Buck was sterilized without her understanding or consent - and with the blessings of the United States Supreme Court.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough 1972, this act led to the sterilization of over 50,000 American citizens without their consent, and was the forerunner of the Hereditary Health Law which initiated the slaughter of millions of Jews, Catholics, homosexuals, Gypsies and others opposing the goals of Nazi Germany.  At the Nuremberg War Trials, the Carrie Buck case was cited as the precedent for the Nazi race hygiene programs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is the shattering chronicle of Carrie Buck's life: her lonely childhood, her harassment at school, the birth of her child, her commitment to the same institution as her mother, the trial at which she was robbed of her ability to have children, and the final decision by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes that \"three generations of imbeciles are enough.\", essentially because she was young, poor and powerless.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe warning of Carrie Buck's tragedy remains with us even today.","brand":"New Horizon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125775122672,"sku":"9780882825366","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780882825366_p0.jpg?v=1763849657","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780882825366","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}