At this time, the people who believed this to be true had not seen anything like the euthanasia in Nazi Germany. Hitler and the Nazis believed that they were bettering society, just like people who practiced eugenics; however, instead of simple sterilizing them Hitler and the Nazis believed it would be better to kill all of the people with disabilities to begin to create a perfect race of humans. If those practicing eugenics had seen the terrible acts that occurred during world war II Nazi Germany, they probably would not have continued their practices, but World War II did not occur until the 1940s so people practicing eugenics did not know the terrible things that eugenics could lead to.
In addition to the lack of experience and the positive beliefs associated with the artificial selection of humans, Carrie Buck was a woman. At this time women did not have a large say in what happened in society. Women did not have an equal position as men in society, which may have also influenced the Supreme Court’s decision to rule in favor of the local statute that allowed the superintendent of her mental institution, who was a man, to sterilize