Sterilization = Eugenics?

The chapter entitled "The Dark Side of Birth Control" by Dorthy Robert displays the birth control in many forms and how controversial the subject still is, especially among black women. As I read through the chapter, I remembered learning about eugenics during the first year of science in high school. I was surprised to think the Darwinism developed into eugenics and gave way to the Nazi's genocide of undesirables in the most extreme manner. Yet this article tries to prove that the US government was no better than the Nazi regime. By the actions taken, especially towards black women in the southern states, the US government tried to curb the growth of a race whose inferiority justified its forced population decline. I was interested to see how birth control started out as a feminist movement and later got tagged onto eugenics. The actions and motivations of Margaret Sanger are very mixed. I don't know how to interpret her actions as racists or feminist. She seems unable to see other minority groups as occupying the same social value as the one she was in. The amount of sheer surprises the article had kept putting me off guard. I didn't know that medical residents would perform more surgeries than were necessary and how minority women would be forced to consent to sterilization with various methods.
I was astounded at the fact that the government ended up using the institution as the way to continue performing sterilizations. By giving people shelter and sustenance but at the same time denying the reproductive freedom of these people is a cruel way to accomplish one's goals. I can understand why many minorities distrust doctors' advice and are unwilling to go to the hospital except in emergency situations. The aftereffects of the practices performed during this century are startling and horrifying. The end of such practices would require great change in our society. Even today, boards that oversee the medical operations do not have the force to back-up their judgments. It is a hard world we live in, and only constant diligence can keep these acts of abuse at a minimum.