Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Negative eugenics (NEGATIVE eugenics)

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Section	English 913	Arabic 913	Czech 913	German 913	Spanish 913	French 913	Italian 913	Japanese 913	Portuguese 913	Russian 913	Chinese 913
913-1	positive eugenics	تحسين الايجابي للنسل	pozitivní eugenika	positive Eugenik	eugenesia positiva	eugénisme positif	eugenismo positivo	積極的優生学	eugenia positiva	Позитивная евгеникя	积极优生学
913-2	negative eugenics	تحسين السلبي للنسل	negativní eugenika	negative(s) Eugenik	eugenesia negativa	eugénisme négatif	eugenismo negativo	消極的優生学	eugenia negativa	Негативная евгеника	消极优生学
913-3	hereditary defect	علل وراثية	dědičná vada	Erbkrankheit —Erbleiden —Erbfehler	enfermedades hereditarias	maladie héréditaire	malattie ereditarie	遺伝的欠陥	defeitos hereditários	Наследственные пороки	遗传缺陷
913-4	eugenic sterilization	تعقيم لتحسين النسل	eugenická sterilizace	eugenische Sterilisation	esterilización eugenésica	stérilisation eugénique	sterilizzazione eugenetica	優性不妊手術	esterilização eugênica	Евгеническая стерилизация	优生绝育
913-5	pre-marital examination	فحص قبل الزواج	předmanželské vyšetření	genetische Beratung und Untersuchung	certificado prenupcial	certificat prénuptial	certificato prenunziale	婚前検査	exame pré-marital	Добрачные обследования	婚前检查
913-6	dysgenic marriage	زواج الضاوي	dysgenický sňatek	dysgenische Verbindung	uniones disgénicas	union dysgénique	unioni disgeniche	非優生学的な結婚	casamentos disgênicos	Дисгенезисные браки	劣生婚姻

A distinction was made between positive eugenics ¹, aimed at increasing the number of persons believed to have desirable characteristics, and negative eugenics ² aimed at restricting the reproduction of persons expected to transmit undesirable characteristics or hereditary defects ³. Much attention has been given to the discussion of eugenic sterilization ⁴, i.e., the sterilization of persons likely to transmit undesirable characteristics to their descendants. Objections to this measure have been raised on moral grounds and also because of its relatively low efficiency in reducing the frequency of recessive genes (912-6). Among the measures proposed, pre-marital examination ⁵ may be mentioned; this is designed to give couples intending to marry information about the probable quality of their offspring, so that prospective partners to dysgenic marriages ⁶, i.e., those likely to produce defectives, may be warned. More...