sweden sterilized 67,000 of its own citizens against their will until 976. orphans, people of mixed race, people 'volunteered' by their neighbors, youth that had any behavior issues... pretty much anyone.

in the early 20th century, 30 states in the u.s. had sterilization laws that resulted in a total of more than 60,000 people - mostly women - being sterilized because they were mentally ill, had epilepsy, had an abortion, or were black or chinese. this inspired the nazi eugenics program, which sterilized more than 350,000 people mid-century.