He documented the many states that followed suit in passing sterilization laws.

I.Q. hysteria also resulted in sterilization laws that were enforced only against the poor.

The world's first compulsory sterilization laws are passed in 1907.

By 1963, sterilization laws were almost wholly out of use, though some remained officially on the books for many years.

Many states declined to pass sterilization laws despite the biologists, because of objections from religious groups and civil libertarians.

Notably, it was only in Alberta that a sterilization law had been vigorously implemented.

Some states continued to have sterilization laws on the books for much longer after that, though they were rarely if ever used.

In 1913, the Kansas legislature passed the first sterilization law in the state.

After the passage of the sterilization law in 1913, 54 sterilizations occurred over the next seven years.

Sweden's forced sterilization law for trans people was successfully overturned on December 19, 2012.