He shared Natures enthusiasm for birth control, and 'voluntary' sterilization.
The largest part of our program," he said, "is voluntary sterilization with informed consent.
The law also required that people seeking voluntary sterilizations also go through the courts.
Around this same time, Doug's father agreed to undergo voluntary sterilization as an X-Gene carrier, but his mother committed suicide a year later.
Carrel believed in voluntary sterilization and eugenics and that "the most highly civilized races" are white.
Shockley also proposed that individuals with IQs below 100 be paid to undergo voluntary sterilization.
They had expected approval of the bill to authorize voluntary sterilization in public hospitals of men or women over 25 who already have two children.
In 2007 the college's administration removed healthcare coverage for "abortion, contraception, and voluntary sterilization" after discovering that these were covered by the college's healthcare policy.
He signed the Eugenics manifesto calling for, among other things, voluntary sterilization.
In Sweden, the Sterilization Act of 1934 provided for the voluntary sterilization of some mental patients.