This case ended the practice of forced sterilization of criminal offenders.

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Skinner v. Oklahoma, decided in 1942, was a landmark case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that compulsory sterilization of criminals for certain offenses was unconstitutional, as it violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This decision effectively ended the practice of forced sterilization of criminal offenders in the United States.

This Case Ended the Practice of Forced Sterilization of Criminal