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Are there modern forms of the eugenics or the population control movement? Is Unitarian Universalism involved ?

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1. Yes

2. No

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Eugenics is a term in biomedicine which describe the process or agitation of enhancing the human species through the means of carefully weeding out unwanted traits in human such as disabilities, diseases, etc

However, recently it has been reported that there are still modern forms of the eugenics or the population control movement such as "applications of the Human Genome Project known as Brave New World or New Eugenics, plus the presence of gene editing technologies. Similarly, over 11,000 scientists from various fields signed a new editorial which was termed “climate emergency,” recently. The purpose is to stop population growth

Also, initially in the early 20th century Unitarian Universalism was involved with the likes of Clarence Russell Skinner, a widely known Universalist social activist claimed that "...through eugenics, education, friendship, play, worship, and work, the criminal will be no more, because the misdirection or the undevelopment of human nature will cease." However, such position or support later changed going forward after World War II, when he asked "Will science freely lend itself to any form of evil which demands its service and pays its price?"

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