Eugenicism: Difference between revisions

Early criticism of eugenics came from the American sociologist Lester Frank Ward,<ref>[https://archive.org/details/jstor-2763324/mode/2up Eugenics, Euthenics and Eudemics] by Lester F. Ward</ref> the English writer [[File:Mondistli.png]][[Monarcho-Distributism|G.K. Chesterton]],<ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Eugenics_and_other_Evils Eugenics and Other Evils] by G.K. Chesterton</ref> German-American anthropologist Franz Boas,<ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Eugenics Eugenics by Franz Boas]</ref> and the Scottish physician Halliday Sutherland.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/BirthControlAStatement Birth Control: A Statement of Christian Doctrine Against Neo-Malthusians] by Halliday Sutherland</ref> In 1930 was officially condemned by [[File:Catheo.png]] [[Catholic Theocracy|Pope Pius XI]] in his encyclical ''Casti Connubii''<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19301231_casti-connubii.html Casti connubii] by Pope Pius XI: Those who hold the reins of government should not forget that it is the duty of public authority by appropriate laws and sanctions to defend the lives of the innocent, and this all the more so since those whose lives are endangered and assailed cannot defend themselves. Among whom we must mention in the first place infants hidden in the mother's womb. And if the public magistrates not only do not defend them, but by their laws and ordinances betray them to death at the hands of doctors or of others, let them remember that God is the Judge and Avenger of innocent blood which cried from earth to Heaven.</ref>