Abstract
This was a 1927 Supreme Court case that upheld Virginia's 1924 law allowing the sterilization of people deemed unfit to have children. The case involved Carrie Buck, a young, poor, white woman who was diagnosed as "feeble-minded" and committed to a state mental institution. Her adoptive family had her committed after she gave birth to a child out of wedlock, which her family believed was evidence of her "incorrigibility". A Virginia law permitted the sterilization of institutional inmates to promote "the health of the patient and the welfare of society". This case was intended to be a test case for the Virginia law's constitutionality. The decision excluded people with disabilities from Constitutional protections provided by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Abstract
This was a 1927 Supreme Court case that upheld Virginia's 1924 law allowing the sterilization of people deemed unfit to have children. The case involved Carrie Buck, a young, poor, white woman who was diagnosed as "feeble-minded" and committed to a state mental institution. Her adoptive family had her committed after she gave birth to a child out of wedlock, which her family believed was evidence of her "incorrigibility". A Virginia law permitted the sterilization of institutional inmates to promote "the health of the patient and the welfare of society". This case was intended to be a test case for the Virginia law's constitutionality. The decision excluded people with disabilities from Constitutional protections provided by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Summary
The 1927 Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell upheld Virginia's 1924 law permitting the forced sterilization of individuals deemed unfit for procreation. The case centered on Carrie Buck, a young, impoverished, white woman diagnosed as "feeble-minded" and confined to a state mental institution. Her adoptive family, concerned by her out-of-wedlock childbirth, deemed her "incorrigible" and initiated her commitment. Virginia's legislation justified sterilization as a means to safeguard "the health of the patient and the welfare of society." The case, intended as a test of the law's constitutionality, resulted in a ruling that excluded individuals with disabilities from the constitutional safeguards of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Abstract
This was a 1927 Supreme Court case that upheld Virginia's 1924 law allowing the sterilization of people deemed unfit to have children. The case involved Carrie Buck, a young, poor, white woman who was diagnosed as "feeble-minded" and committed to a state mental institution. Her adoptive family had her committed after she gave birth to a child out of wedlock, which her family believed was evidence of her "incorrigibility". A Virginia law permitted the sterilization of institutional inmates to promote "the health of the patient and the welfare of society". This case was intended to be a test case for the Virginia law's constitutionality. The decision excluded people with disabilities from Constitutional protections provided by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Summary
The 1927 Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell upheld Virginia's 1924 law that permitted the sterilization of individuals deemed unfit to procreate. The case involved Carrie Buck, a young, impoverished, white woman diagnosed as "feeble-minded" and institutionalized. Her adoptive family had her committed following the birth of her child out of wedlock, which they interpreted as evidence of her "incorrigibility." Virginia's law authorized the sterilization of institutionalized individuals to enhance "patient health and societal welfare." This case was strategically designed as a test of the law's constitutionality. The Court's ruling excluded individuals with disabilities from the Constitutional protections afforded by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Abstract
This was a 1927 Supreme Court case that upheld Virginia's 1924 law allowing the sterilization of people deemed unfit to have children. The case involved Carrie Buck, a young, poor, white woman who was diagnosed as "feeble-minded" and committed to a state mental institution. Her adoptive family had her committed after she gave birth to a child out of wedlock, which her family believed was evidence of her "incorrigibility". A Virginia law permitted the sterilization of institutional inmates to promote "the health of the patient and the welfare of society". This case was intended to be a test case for the Virginia law's constitutionality. The decision excluded people with disabilities from Constitutional protections provided by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Summary
The 1927 Supreme Court case, Buck v. Bell, dealt with a Virginia law that permitted the forced sterilization of individuals deemed "unfit" to have children. Carrie Buck, a young woman, was committed to a state mental institution after having a child out of wedlock. The court upheld the Virginia law, arguing that it was in the best interest of public health. The case has been widely criticized for its discriminatory implications and its impact on people with disabilities. The decision effectively denied people with disabilities the constitutional protections granted by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Abstract
This was a 1927 Supreme Court case that upheld Virginia's 1924 law allowing the sterilization of people deemed unfit to have children. The case involved Carrie Buck, a young, poor, white woman who was diagnosed as "feeble-minded" and committed to a state mental institution. Her adoptive family had her committed after she gave birth to a child out of wedlock, which her family believed was evidence of her "incorrigibility". A Virginia law permitted the sterilization of institutional inmates to promote "the health of the patient and the welfare of society". This case was intended to be a test case for the Virginia law's constitutionality. The decision excluded people with disabilities from Constitutional protections provided by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Summary
This was a famous court case from 1927. The court decided that Virginia could force people to get surgery so they couldn't have children. The law said this was for the good of the person and society.
The case was about a young woman named Carrie Buck. She was poor and the court said she wasn't very smart. She had a baby without getting married, and her family thought she was a bad influence. Virginia allowed the court to force people in mental hospitals to have surgery so they couldn't have kids. This case was supposed to test if the law was allowed. The court said it was okay, and this decision said people with disabilities didn't have the same rights as other people.