The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, July 17, 1994                  TAG: 9407150032
SECTION: COMMENTARY               PAGE: J4   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   20 lines

EUGENICS TODAY

Regarding ``Their kind was not wanted'' ( Commentary, July 10): We are still worried about our nation's ``gene supply,'' and we practice eugenics even today.

We don't need large state institutions or forcible sterilizations anymore. We just abort large numbers of genetically ``defective'' babies.

MARY WILT

Virginia Beach, July 11, 1994 by CNB