AMERICAN BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION
(American Genetic Association)
The Association commissioned a study to develop:
This dramatic quotation essentially argued that human sperm and egg cells were the property of and must be under the control of the society and not the individual. Although this fascist notion never had a majority in America, there were a substantial number of Americans who agreed with this position. This quote is also an excellent example of an ideological organizations adopting the names and rubric of science and trying to sell junk science to the nation,
The American Breeders Association, founded in 1903, was the first scientific organization in the U.S. to recognize the importance of Mendel’s Laws and to support eugenic research. At the first annual meeting in St Louis, University of Missouri Professor of Agriculture Fredrick B. Mumford became one of the Association’s first officers. By 1914, the organization had become the American Genetic Association and the magazine was renamed The Journal of Heredity. Professor Mumford served as chairman of the Breeding Horse Hybrids Committee—was one on eugenics. In the first issue published under the new name, Alexander Graham Bell, who would serve as the honorary president for the 2nd International Eugenics Congress in 1921, contributed an article entitled “How to Improve the Race.”
