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What was the impact of the Virginia Eugenical Sterilization law and the Supreme Court’s decision affirming it?

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It made a certain group with 'undesired' traits.

Step-by-step explanation:

Virginia Eugenical Sterilization law allowed the hospitals in Virginia to neutered the patients that they perceived to have "bad genetics" , preventing them from having a children in the future.

The implementation of this law was very bizarre because the government at that time targeted minorities and people with disabilities.

The fact that the supreme court affirm it indicated that the government gave a green light for other states beside Virginia to adopt this type of practice. This practice faced a massive backlash in 1960s and has been deleted from the government's documents ever since.