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Show '67 P - T III CEJU>mER VIII CO_JCLUSION Summary Utah's legal sterilization activity began immedia tely following statute in the passage of the first sterilization and increased in numbers 1925; of operations performed in 1926, wi th the grea'test amount of acti vi ty in coming after 1927; dropped rapidly--only 1929 ic to the seven being performed 1931, inclusive; sterilization June 1928, 1933. 1, and males, of no in the years legal or eugen by persons have About statutes. half, sterilizations in 1932 Approximately eighty-six half of the been oases females. Sterilization in Utah is newal of there have been operations performed sterilizea under Utah's have been number now at a standstill; activity is probable, with salpingectomy a or re-, tube oautery, and vasectomy being the operations employed. Reasons for operation will with perhaps no. the been State or exoeption of {ith the at punitive Prison, performed at the Utah's State be eugenic and thrapeutic other motives. four sterilizations performed legal sterilizations Hospital. have all |
