Editing Linus Pauling (section)

===Eugenics===
Pauling supported a limited form of [[eugenics]] by suggesting that human carriers of defective genes be given a compulsory visible mark – such as a forehead tattoo – to discourage potential mates with the same defect, in order to reduce the number of babies with diseases such as [[sickle cell anemia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mendelsohn |first=Everett |author-link=Everett Mendelsohn |date=March–April 2000 |title=The Eugenic Temptation |url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2000/03/the-eugenic-temptation.html |website=Harvard Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries |date=2015 |title=Eugenics for Alleviating Human Suffering |url=http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/coll/pauling/blood/narrative/page35.html |access-date=May 30, 2020 |website=It's in the Blood! A Documentary History of Linus Pauling, Hemoglobin and Sickle Cell Anemia}}</ref>