Mandy Nelson is a 26 years old mother who has three children out of wedlock. She came before the judge due to a forgery charge. After discovering that Mandy is an unwed mother with three children and a high school drop out, the Buchanan County Circuit Judge said, ’If you want to stay out of jail you can not have another child out of wedlock!”
2006-10-20 13:11:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I posted a blog about this. I only wish I would have posted here first because I am truly shocked by some of the answers.
Good points here....
2006-10-20 13:49:54 · update #1
It makes sense. More judges need to do things like that. You have these people who have kid after kid and are a drain on society. I know someone that has had 5 kids and doesn't have custody of any of them. I wish that judge was around here and would make her get her tubes tied.
-For the person that responded that they have 3 kids 3 fathers STOP HAVING KIDS!!!!
2006-10-20 13:47:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The judge can spew hyperbole from the bench - but he cannot enforce the order if she were to become pregnant. The judge realized that she was using forgery (rather than work or being paid court ordered child support) to provide for her children due to a drug conviction or any other illegal reason.
A judge in Michigan tried to legally prevent a woman from having a child out of wedlock (this was before welfare reform in the early 90's) but the appeals court quickly threw that order out on its head.
Judges also tried to order fathers to not conceive children and DNA tests exist to ensure that fathers are responsible for any children brought into the world.
2006-10-20 16:49:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I'm all for sterilization. I'd be more than happy to try some of the cases to determine who should be sterilized and who shouldn't be. :)
While I think it's pretty wrong of the judge to have done it, I like his style. We as a society should stop accepting junky people making junky decisions that affect the rest of us. It's not fair to their children.
2006-10-20 17:45:35 · answer #3 · answered by elizabeth_ashley44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the welfare of the kids is obviously in danger, and when whe is as irresponsible as she is. She would certainly quality for the poster girl for what a mother is NOT suppose to be like.
2006-10-20 13:14:10 · answer #4 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
unfortunately, there is nothing that judge can do about her having another child. there are no laws for or against peoples reproductive rights. i personally think there should be. you have to have a license to drive, own a dog, or even fish! but any stupid person can have a child.
2006-10-20 13:28:28 · answer #5 · answered by redpeach_mi 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am surprised with that fact. I belived that only in China women are restricted in the number of childs they can have.
2006-10-20 13:23:52 · answer #6 · answered by mfacio 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
awful people should not be allowed to bring children into a horrible environmen. SOme people on the other hand just don't deserve children.
2006-10-20 13:13:39 · answer #7 · answered by GhandiDahandi 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well i think him saying that is being a bit personal he was judging her life and how many children she has
2006-10-20 13:27:22 · answer #8 · answered by annjilena 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
WELL FIRST IF ALL THAT IS STUPID YOU HAVE A LOT OF MOTHERS WITH KIDS THAT ARE NOT MARRIED AND HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUTS I HAVE THREE KIDS THREE FATHERS AND I DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL WHEN I WAS IN THE TENTH GRADE SHE NEEDS TO MOVE AWAY FROM THERE I THINK THE ONLY TIME A JUDGE SHOULD DO THAT IS IF THE FEMALE IS MENTALLY ILL-A DANGER TO HERSELF-SUFFERS FROM POST PARDON DEPRESSION-SUICIDAL
2006-10-20 13:17:06 · answer #9 · answered by CHRIS T 1 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Sounds a bit like communism to me. Soon we will have to buy the air we breath.
2006-10-20 13:42:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋