The 1927 U.S. Supreme Court case of Buck vs. Bell:

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The Buck vs. Bell case concerned the constitutionality of a Virginia law that allowed for the forced sterilization of individuals deemed “feebleminded” or “socially inadequate.” The Supreme Court upheld the law, with Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously stating in the majority opinion, “Three generations of imbeciles are enough.” The decision had serious implications for the eugenics movement in the United States and led to the forced sterilization of tens of thousands of individuals, many of whom were poor, uneducated, or members of minority groups.