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cover of episode 'Control' chronicles the dark history of eugenics and its ongoing impact

'Control' chronicles the dark history of eugenics and its ongoing impact

2022/11/22
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Adam Rutherford is a geneticist and author who just wrote a new book about the history of eugenics, and he tells NPR's Rebecca Ramirez that the political ideology is not just a relic of the past, but very much still relevant today. In this episode, Rutherford explains how anti-immigrant fear in the 19th century spurred popularity for an unscientific practice that was eventually embraced by Nazis – and has a complicated relationship with today's reproductive rights movement.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)