Although it originated as a progressive social movement in the 19th century,Paul, Diane B. (1984). "Eugenics and the Left". Journal of the History of Ideas 45 (4):567. .Leonard, Thomas C. (2016). Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press Lucassen, Leo (2010). "A Brave New World: The Left, Social Engineering, and Eugenics in Twentieth-Century Europe." International Review of Social History, 55(2), 265–296. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44583170 in contemporary usage in the 21st century, the term is closely associated with scientific racism. New, liberal eugenics seeks to dissociate itself from old, authoritarian eugenics by rejecting coercive state programs and relying on parental choice.
Although it originated as a progressive social movement in the 19th century,Paul, Diane B. (1984). "Eugenics and the Left". Journal of the History of Ideas 45 (4)567. .Leonard, Thomas C. (2016). Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and .American Economics in the Progressive Era Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press Lucassen, Leo (2010). "A Brave New World: The Left, Social Engineering, and Eugenics in Twentieth-Century Europe." International Review of Social History, 55(2), 265–296 http://www.jstor.org/stable/44583170 :in contemporary usage in the 21st century, the term is closely associated with scientifi,c racism. New, liberal eugenics seeks to dissociate itself from old authoritarian eugenics by rejecting coercive state programs and relying on parental choice.