Buck V. Bell Case Summary

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In the Buck V. Bell US Supreme Court case, Carrie Buck was sterilized by the State Colony against her will for being a threat to society because of her “feeble mindedness”. Many people believe the Supreme Court was wrong in their ruling, however from the perspective of the supreme court the ruling was necessary and beneficial to society. The Supreme Court argued that the sterilization of feeble minded individuals would be beneficial to society by eliminating the chances of diseases being passed down to future generations, stopping incapable parents from having to raise a child, and lessening the amount of ill minded people in the world. The Supreme Court took into consideration when making their decision the fact that sterilization of a feeble …show more content…
Due to Buck’s disease, she would not be able to properly take care of a child while being inside an institution and the child would be left for society to take care of and handle. A person that is incapable of the responsibility, commitment, and intelligence required to be a parent should not be given the opportunity to do so. If Buck was able to be released from the institution, it would take a lot of effort and help for her to “become self-supporting with benefit to [herself] and to society,” even without the burden of a child. Buck having more children than the illegitimate child she already bored would lead to more ill minded people in society and children growing up without a suitable parent to take care of them. The Supreme Court and State Colony’s decision to sterilize Buck was in the interest of preventing a child from coming into the world that would ultimately grow up in a bad environment without the proper support a child needs in their life. Allowing Buck to have more children would also bring more individuals with feeble minds into the
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