Propaganda for the Nazi eugenics program began with propaganda for eugenic sterilization. Several feminist reformers advocated an agenda of eugenic legal reform. The adjective "dysgenic" is the antonym of "eugenic". Thirty states within the United States authorized legal sterilizations under eugenic sciences. Scholar Sami Schalk argues that the notion of eugenic ideology emerges in the novel. Relatively innocuous practices like marriage counseling had early links with eugenic ideology. Nevertheless, at least one such laboratory issued a report on eugenic sterilization initiatives. He held racial superiority and eugenic views. He advocated encouraging eugenic marriages by supplying able couples with incentives to have children. Eugenic policies may lead to a loss of genetic diversity. Stopes promoted her eugenic ideas to politicians. Ellis was strongly opposed to the idea of castration for eugenic purposes. It spoke to the eugenic and social Darwin theories of the late 19th century. Therefore, according to Itzkoff, "the Holocaust was the very antithesis of eugenic practice". Public acceptance in the U.S. led to various state legislatures working to establish eugenic initiatives.