Many German eugenicists were nationalists and antisemites, who embraced the Nazi regime with enthusiasm. Davenport's work with eugenics caused much controversy among many other eugenicists and scientists. In Darrow's subsequent essay, "The Eugenics Cult" (1926), he attacked the reasoning of eugenicists. I dislike football, economists, eugenicists, Fascists, Stalinists, and Scottish conservatives. He was one of the most distinguished sociologists and eugenicists of China. This phrase was coined by the German eugenicists Erwin Baur, Eugen Fischer and Fritz Lenz. Goddard's intelligence test was endorsed by the eugenicists to push for laws for forced sterilization. To this end, eugenicists often denied middle and upper-class women sterilization and birth control. Eugenicists abroad admired the German law for its legal and ideological clarity. According to Eugenicists, all of these problems were transmitted through genes. While eugenicists did support the act, they were also backed by many labor unions. Ellis thus held much more moderate views than many contemporary eugenicists. The decision was seen as a major victory for eugenicists. Here she found an area of overlap with eugenicists.