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Sterilization Bill Debate Echoes Across Oregon
In urging a Tuesday vote on a sterilization measure, the Oregonian letter cites alleged links between feeble mindedness, prostitution, and inherited disease. The author argues the law aims to prevent propagation by the degenerate and urges voters to consider public health costs and justice, naming Mrs. Little Colonel Wood Dr. White and Judges Manly and Bloomfield as context.
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George A. Thacher
Health Board
Willamette Valley
Portland
Wood
MacNeil’s Island
Salem
Oregon
Little
Colonel Wood
White
Manly
Bloomfield
Oregonian