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    If your decision to abort is because the fetus will be a redhead, that’s “planned breeding”, not “eugenics”.

    The sine qua non of eugenics is a state mandate.

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        The state is not involved in your decision to not have ginger kids. Your decision not to have ginger kids is not eugenics.

        The state providing incentives for behavior is a mandate. The state providing incentives for not having ginger kids is eugenics. Not “subtle eugenics”. Not “planned breeding”. Eugenics.

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            The American healthcare system kills people all day long. But, it’s not a public function; it’s not a component of the state. It is a private industry. Yes, it practices voluntary manslaughter for profit, but no, it’s not eugenics.