Alabama repeals sexual sterilization legislation

1935 Although no sterilizations had been reported by the end of 1927 as a result of Alabama’s legislation, subsequent versions and amendments of the law ultimately resulted in the sterilization of 224 people, making Alabama the state with the 5th lowest number of sterilizations in the United States. The law was officially repealed in 1935.

-Luke Kersten

  • Kaelber, L. (2011). Eugenics: Compulsory Sterilization in 50 American States. Retrieved from http://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/AL/AL.html

  • State of Alabama. (1919). An act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a home for mental inferiors in Alabama; to define who are mental inferiors; to provide for their care, treatment and training, and to appropriate the money necessary therefore from the State Treasury. General Law of the Legislature of Alabama.

Alabama repeals sexual sterilization legislation

1935 Although no sterilizations had been reported by the end of 1927 as a result of Alabama’s legislation, subsequent versions and amendments of the law ultimately resulted in the sterilization of 224 people, making Alabama the state with the 5th lowest number of sterilizations in the United States. The law was officially repealed in 1935.

-Luke Kersten

  • Kaelber, L. (2011). Eugenics: Compulsory Sterilization in 50 American States. Retrieved from http://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/AL/AL.html

  • State of Alabama. (1919). An act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a home for mental inferiors in Alabama; to define who are mental inferiors; to provide for their care, treatment and training, and to appropriate the money necessary therefore from the State Treasury. General Law of the Legislature of Alabama.