Development of a Eugenic Philosophy

Osborn, Frederick

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“…She even solicited the $600 from the Milbank Memorial Fund needed to fund the founding meeting of the Population Association of America (Reed, 1978: 204). Although many biological Malthusians were suspicious that the birth controllers' eugenic garb might just be for show,^'' by the 1930s a majority had come to see the birth control movement as serving a eugenic purpose (Hankins, 1931;Burch, 1932;Osborn, 1937).…”

Section: Birth Controlmentioning

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The Ideological Origins of the Population Association of America

Hodgson¹

1991

Population and Development Review

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Section: Birth Controlmentioning

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The Ideological Origins of the Population Association of America

Hodgson¹

1991

Population and Development Review

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“…These debates have been linked to the eugenics movement, whose goal was to “improve the inborn qualities of a race” (Galton 1904) through selective breeding and sterilization. Eugenics was quite popular in the United States in the late 19 th and early 20 th century, prior to World War II (Osborn 1937). Within the Black community, some argue that contraception is a “genocidal tool,” while others see it as a way to improve health and well-being in the Black population (Roberts 2000).…”

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Black-White Differences in Attitudes Related to Pregnancy Among Young Women

2015

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In this paper we use newly available data from the Relationship Dynamics and Social Life (RDSL) study to compare a wide range of attitudes related to pregnancy for 961 Black and white young women. We also investigate the extent to which race differences are mediated by, or net of, family background, childhood socioeconomic status, adolescent experiences related to pregnancy, and current socioeconomic status. Black women are less positive, in general, than white women, toward young non-marital sex, contraception, and childbearing, and have less desire for sex in the upcoming year. This is largely because Black women are more religious than white women, and in part because they are more socioeconomically disadvantaged in young adulthood. However, in spite of these less positive attitudes, Black women are more likely to expect sex without contraception in the next year, and to expect more positive consequences if they were to become pregnant, relative to white women. This is largely because, relative to white women, Black women have higher rates of sex without contraception in adolescence, and in part because they are more likely to have grown up with a single parent. It is unclear whether attitudes toward contraception and pregnancy preceded or are a consequence of adolescent sex without contraception. Some race differences remain unexplained – net of all potential mediators in our models, Black women have less desire for sex in the upcoming year, but are less willing to refuse to have sex with a partner if they think it would make him angry, and expect more positive personal consequences of a pregnancy, relative to white women. In spite of these differences, Black women's desires to achieve and to prevent pregnancy are very similar to white women's desires.

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“…The long‐term secretary of the American Eugenics Society, Osborn viewed demography as a potential ally in the Society's efforts to disassociate American eugenics from European fascism. Osborn publicly repudiated the overt racism that had characterized the eugenics practiced by other US organizations, such as the Eugenic Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor (Allen ; Grossner ), though he clung to socioeconomic status as a proxy for genetic quality (Osborn , ; Ramsden ). What was unique about Osborn's eugenic program was that it aimed to put the means of eugenic selection into the hands of the public through the universal availability of birth control.…”

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A Digital History of Anglophone Demography and Global Population Control, 1915–1984

Merchant¹

2017

Population & Development Rev

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Development of a Eugenic Philosophy

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The Ideological Origins of the Population Association of America

The Ideological Origins of the Population Association of America

Black-White Differences in Attitudes Related to Pregnancy Among Young Women

A Digital History of Anglophone Demography and Global Population Control, 1915–1984

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