Cards (3)

    • In 1927 In America, it became legal to sterilise anyone who was deemed unfit to reproduce and pass on their genetics. This included criminals and anyone with learning difficulties
    • These policies also enforced abortions where people were deemed degenerate
  • Limitation of sterilisation
    The ethics of sterilisation is questionable as in the past it has been done to many people illegally and without their consent
  • Death penalty -
    • Death by hanging was legal in England and Wales until 1965
    • It was permanently abolished in 1969 due to a decrease in murder rates however, it is operative in some states in America such as Texas