Here in the US, the state also sanctioned another form of genetic "cleansing". They would take kids from their homes who were deemed mentally retarded or unfit in other ways. They would force them to live their lives in hospitals and when the kids turned 18 force (or heavily persuade) them to sign a form permitting the doctors to sterilise them, so the kids couldn't breed and spread their "defective" seed to future generations....

A little similar to Australia's Lost Generation....maybe some one here will be willing to clarify that one for me....I only know the barest of details.....

Amergin