Senate Votes Unanimously to Apologize for State-Supported Eugenics
An article in VTDigger, authored by Ellie French
Published on May 12, 2021
Vermont should “sincerely apologize and express sorrow and regret” for its deadly role in the eugenics movement 100 years prior, the state Senate decided Wednesday.
On a unanimous vote, senators gave preliminary approval to a joint resolution, J.R.H.2, that lays out the eugenics movement’s history in Vermont, the General Assembly’s role in supporting it and the harm that the movement caused to huge swaths of Vermonters.