Final answer:
The correct answer is C. Involuntary sterilization of institutionalized individuals.
Step-by-step explanation:
The correct answer is C. Involuntary sterilization of institutionalized individuals.
Under laws supporting the eugenics movement, many states in the United States passed laws allowing for the involuntary sterilization of individuals who were institutionalized, particularly those with physical or intellectual disabilities. This practice was based on the belief that certain traits were hereditary and should be eliminated from the population. Forced marriages, abandonment of disabled children, and sterilization of institutionalized individuals were all carried out under the laws supporting the eugenics movement.