Britney Spears joins a long US history of eugenics and forced sterilization of those with disabilities

Buck v. Bell has never been overturned, writes Mia Brett.

Britney Spears has been under a conservatorship for 13 years. In 2008, after a mental health crisis Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, was put in control of her persona and financial arrangements, though last year a co-conservator has been placed in control of the financial matters along with her father. While Spears seems to have pushed privately for the co…