To what extent was eugenic science implemented in state medical and health polices during the twentieth century? Compare and contrast different countries.

... To what extent was eugenic science implemented in state medical and health polices during the twentieth century? Compare and contrast different countries. The English scientist Francis Galton first used the term 'eugenics' in 1883 to refer to the science of 'improving human stock.1' Closely linked with Darwinist Theory and Mendelian Law, of like producing like, the development of eugenics was the development of science to control evolution; ironing out undesirable traits such as criminality and 'feeblemindedness' to produce a 'fitter' human race. The science was at the peak of its influence in the early twentieth century. The eugenics movement of this time sought to influence social policy throughout the civilised world, at a time when the numbers of social deviants and undesirables was perceived to be rising, in order to ensure the continuation of the fittest bloodlines. Today traditional eugenics is dead. During the Nazi regime in Germany eugenic science merged

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