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Muslim. PhD from @ihmjhu. Postdoc at Princeton SoF. Librarian. Black Feminist. Winner. She/her

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    Dr. Ayah Nuriddin‏ @AyahNerd 28 May 2019

    So it has come to my attention that Clarence Thomas has decided to save us from eugenics, which is both terrifying and adorable. https://thinkprogress.org/justice-thomas-launches-an-utterly-bizarre-attack-on-birth-control-195921bb7781/ … I have a few comments: *cracks knuckles* Let’s begin 1/14

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      2. Dr. Ayah Nuriddin‏ @AyahNerd 28 May 2019

        After today’s SCOTUS ruling on Indiana’s law to force people to bury or cremate fetal remains (which is its own flavor of heinous), Thomas wrote a 20 page opinion on why abortion access is just a hop skip and a jump from eugenics https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/052819zor_2dq3.pdf … 2/14

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      3. Dr. Ayah Nuriddin‏ @AyahNerd 28 May 2019

        He stated that “use of abortion to achieve eugenic goals is not merely hypothetical,’ and of course blamed Margaret Sanger and Planned Parenthood for his misinformed opinion that abortion was a “tool of eugenic manipulation” 3/14

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      4. Dr. Ayah Nuriddin‏ @AyahNerd 28 May 2019

        Thomas gets the history wrong. Sanger and other birth control activists in the early 20th c. were not actually very interested in abortion. Their primary goal was education & dissemination of contraceptives,. Eugenics was a huge influence on her thinking, and on many others. 4/14

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      5. Dr. Ayah Nuriddin‏ @AyahNerd 28 May 2019

        The architects of the eugenics movement weren't deeply invested in abortion as part of their vision. Instead, they advocated eugenic marriage laws, institutionalization of unfit such as folks w/ physical, intellectual, & mental disabilities, & compulsory sterilization laws 5/14

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      6. Dr. Ayah Nuriddin‏ @AyahNerd 28 May 2019

        Of course, definitions of fit/unfit were wrapped up in ideas of race, class, gender, and disability. Here’s the kicker: Sanger got into a bit of a tiff with other eugenicists b/c she had the radical idea that all women should control their own reproduction. Imagine that… 6/14

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      7. Dr. Ayah Nuriddin‏ @AyahNerd 28 May 2019

        Despite what many people think, eugenics was pervasive. Basically EVERYONE is a eugenicist. People of different races and in different national contexts think eugenics is a great idea. Shameless plug here for my work on African Americans and eugenics. https://nursingclio.org/2017/06/01/the-black-politics-of-eugenics/ … 7/14

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      8. Dr. Ayah Nuriddin‏ @AyahNerd 28 May 2019

        Also this: https://www.c-span.org/video/?439275-13/african-americans-eugenics … 8/14

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      9. Dr. Ayah Nuriddin‏ @AyahNerd 28 May 2019

        Public opinion of eugenics shifted after WWII, but it never goes away. Thomas throws around eugenics because he knows it’s a dirty word now, and it will get folks exercised. Clearly it worked because now I’m writing this thread. 9/14

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      10. Dr. Ayah Nuriddin‏ @AyahNerd 28 May 2019

        If Thomas is really concerned about actual eugenics and wants to be helpful (reader: he does not), he should be an advocate for reproductive rights and reproductive justice. Instead of blowing the eugenics dog whistle, he should support women’s right to choose. 10/14

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      11. Dr. Ayah Nuriddin‏ @AyahNerd 28 May 2019

        Trying to legislate the right to abortion is eugenic. Trying to restrict access to contraceptives because you think you have a right to decide who should and shouldn’t reproduce is eugenic. 11/14

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      12. Dr. Ayah Nuriddin‏ @AyahNerd 28 May 2019

        He almost said something helpful when he mentioned abortion for fetuses w/ disabilities. Disability justice activists have covered this, & he should listen to them. What we can address is the “eugenic impulse” that fuels ableist ways defining which lives are worth living 12/14

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      13. Dr. Ayah Nuriddin‏ @AyahNerd 28 May 2019

        If you’re interested in the history of #eugenics and birth control, follow these people and read everything they write @pal8g2015 @lmacthompson1 @nccomfort @jackiantonovich @DorothyERoberts @alondra @myrnperez @aquariumglass @erikadyckhist @mmmanganaro @haw95 13/14

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      14. Dr. Ayah Nuriddin‏ @AyahNerd 28 May 2019

        Also #citeblackwomen Thanks for coming to my TedTalk. 14/14

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