The Horrors of War

The Nazi Germans sterilized races that they felt were racially inferior. Jews, Africans, the disabled, Gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and others were involuntarily sterilized by surgery or radiation. Is it ethical to prevent any person from becoming a parent? Under what conditions should sterilization be required by law? Are any human or privacy rights violated when the right to become a parent is denied?

Based on what you know about human rights, compose a four to five sentence paragraph that answers each of the questions above in your journal. If you need assistance on writing a journal entry, please visit the Developmental Module for more information.

Once you have completed your journal entry, please save it with a file name of mod8top6_rights and submit it to the journal dropbox.