In what case did the Court rule that a state statute permitting compulsory sterilization of the unfit would stand?

The effect of Buck v. Bell was to legitimize eugenic and sterilization laws throughout the U.S. Although this opinion and eugenics remain controversial, the decision in this case still stands. Buck was sterilized, though there is evidence that she was not actually feeble-minded and that she was put in an institute to cover up her rape. The ruling was written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., who concluded his argument with "three generations of imbeciles are enough."

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