jan 1, 1928 - Sexual Sterilization Act passed into law in Alberta

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“patient might safely be discharged if the danger of procreation with its attendant risk of multiplication of the evil by transmission of the disability to progeny were eliminated” - quote from the Bill

-Created a Eugenics Board, people who would decide if people released from mental hospitals should be released

-Eugenics Board made up of 4 people, the original 4 were Dr. E Pope, Dr. E.G. Mason, Dr. J. M. McEachran, and Mrs. Jean H. Field

Who was defined as a mental defective?
-Lunatics
-Idiotics
-Morons
-Feeble-minded
-Addicts, poverty, stutters, delinquents, and criminals could be included
-Epileptics
-Insane
-Imbeciles
-People who committed crimes deemed “morally wrong” by society
-Low I.Q scores
-People with an infectious disease

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