09.16.2018 - By Steve Gilly, Gena Gilly
Prior to World War II several states enacted eugenics laws. One of these was Virginia, whose Racial Integrity and Sterilization Acts served as a model for laws passed in Nazi Germany. Today we tell the story of the man mainly responsible for the enactment and enforcement of these laws, Walter Ashby Plecker, head of the Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics for thirty years.
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