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Canada passes the Sexual Sterilization Act.

1928

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The act establishes a Eugenics Board with the power to authorize the sexual sterilization of certain individuals who had been institutionalized under the "Mental Diseases" Act and "Mental Defectives" Act and recommended for release. The United Farm Women of Alberta are at the forefront of lobbying for the act.