"We Who Champion the Unborn": Racial Poisons, Eugenics, and the Campaign for Prohibition

Publication Title

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2022

Abstract

Dr. Caleb Williams Saleeby was the author of Parenthood and Race Culture, one of the first monographs on eugenics and the book that popularized the term "racial poison." The goal of eradicating the racial poisons and the harm they caused — particularly infant morbidity and mortality — provided common ground for early 20th century reformers, and their concerns fed the growing support for legal prohibition of alcohol.

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Recommended Citation

Paul A. Lombardo, "We Who Champion the Unborn": Racial Poisons, Eugenics, and the Campaign for Prohibition, 50(1) J. L., Med. & Ethics 124-38 (2022).

DOI

10.1017/jme.2022.17

Volume

50

Issue

1

First Page

124

Last Page

138

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