The Sterilization of Leilani Muir
A single IQ test and misguided 'science' irreparably changed the life of a 14-year-old Canadian girl. This film deals with one woman's attempt to sue the government of the Canadian province of Alberta…
The Sterilization of Leilani Muir
A single IQ test and misguided 'science' irreparably changed the life of a 14-year-old Canadian girl. This film deals with one woman's attempt to sue the government of the Canadian province of Alberta for sterilizing her against her will because she was considered a "mental defective". In short, she was a victim of a government policy that followed quack medical theories about eugenics in a manner that differed for the methods of Nazi Germany only by degree. —Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
The Sterilization of Leilani Muir
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A single IQ test and misguided 'science' irreparably changed the life of a 14-year-old Canadian girl. This film deals with one woman's attempt to sue the government of the Canadian province of Alberta for sterilizing her against her will because she was considered a "mental defective". In short, she was a victim of a government policy that followed quack medical theories about eugenics in a manner that differed for the methods of Nazi Germany only by degree.
—Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>.