In the Buck v. Bell case (1927), the petitioner, Carrie Buck, challenged the constitutionality of a Virginia statute that allowed the state to involuntarily sterilize individuals deemed "unfit" for procreation. Carrie Buck argued that the law violated her right to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment and that the sterilization violated her right to due process. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state, upholding the statute and setting a precedent for involuntary sterilization based on eugenics principles.