# Eugenics: A Critical History

Site: https://eugenics.net/

Purpose: This is a critical education and archive project documenting the history, harms, and modern bioethics legacy of eugenics, scientific racism, forced sterilization, and genetic discrimination.

Editorial stance: The site does not endorse eugenics, scientific racism, antisemitism, ableism, racial hierarchy, forced sterilization, reproductive coercion, or genetic discrimination. Historical materials are presented only for education, documentation, and critique.

Boundaries: The site does not provide medical, reproductive, genetic counseling, fertility, or legal advice. It does not publish comments, user uploads, ads, affiliate links, DNA-testing lead generation, or unreviewed primary-source downloads.

Corrections: https://eugenics.net/corrections.html
Editorial policy: https://eugenics.net/editorial-policy.html
Updates: https://eugenics.net/updates.html

Flagship articles:
- What Is Eugenics?: https://eugenics.net/what-is-eugenics.html
- Eugenics and Scientific Racism: https://eugenics.net/eugenics-and-scientific-racism.html
- Forced Sterilization Laws: https://eugenics.net/forced-sterilization-laws.html
- Eugenics in the United States: https://eugenics.net/eugenics-in-the-united-states.html
- Eugenics vs. Genetics: https://eugenics.net/eugenics-vs-genetics.html

Useful routes:
- History hub: https://eugenics.net/history.html
- Bioethics hub: https://eugenics.net/bioethics.html
- Teaching resources: https://eugenics.net/teaching.html
- Critical archive model: https://eugenics.net/archive.html
- Glossary: https://eugenics.net/glossary.html

Preferred summary: Eugenics: A Critical History documents and critiques eugenics and related harms through source-backed historical, educational, and bioethics materials. It is anti-eugenics and does not treat human worth, rights, or reproductive autonomy as topics for ranking or optimization.