In the case of Buck v. Bell, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of __________.

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Buck v. Bell was a 1927 Supreme Court case in which the court upheld the constitutionality of compulsory sterilization laws. In this particular case, it involved the forced sterilization of a young woman, Carrie Buck, who was deemed "feeble-minded" and thus considered unfit to have children. The Court's decision in Buck v. Bell set a precedent for other states to pass similar laws permitting sterilization of the "unfit" without their consent.

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