1.0Digital Childhoodshttps://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dirLayla Kochhttps://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/author/lmkoch/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Sb48Uhxf5P"><a href="https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/eugenic-discontinuities/">Continuity and Change in the History of Eugenics</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/eugenic-discontinuities/embed/#?secret=Sb48Uhxf5P" width="600" height="338" title="“Continuity and Change in the History of Eugenics” — Digital Childhoods" data-secret="Sb48Uhxf5P" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Pat-Ryan_Eugenics-scaled.jpg25601919Patrick J. Ryan’s article “Eugenic Continuities: Youth, Sex, Disability, and the Rise of Liberal Eugenics in the Late Twentieth Century” was published in the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth in January 2024. The fascinating piece repositions the 1986 decision E. (Mrs.) v. Eve by the Supreme Court of Canada within the history of eugenics. By explicating the judicial decision and tracing different legal traditions in the U.S., UK, and Australia, Ryan argues for a “series of unresolved eugenic continuities in the politics of youth, sex, and disability” in the form of “liberal eugenics.” Since this goes against