I bumped into some-one I was in a care home with yesterday.
When I first met her she was 17, with 2 babies who had been taken into care, and were awaiting adoption-
She had her first child at 14 years old, and second child at 16.
Yesterday she was pushing a double buggy with twins in, both 3 months old...
When asked how she'd been, she told me (unashamedly, that she was a heroin addict) and that a THIRD child had been born (prior to the twins) addicted to heroin, and heartbreakingly, had been put on a methadone programme at birth, and put on the 'child protection register'
It took the local authorities 8 months before they took the baby into care and put her on the adoption list also.
Now at the age of 24, she has just had her twins, both born with heroine addictions too, and also put on the 'child protection register'
It is only a matter of time, until these poor babies are also taken into care.
My question is,
Should she be sterilised without her consent?
2006-11-23 06:32:20 · 12 answers · asked by Coley 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
It seems to be the only way to break this awful cycle, of irresponsibility and un-loved children....
IT MAKES ME SO ANGRY. What are your thoughts??
2006-11-23 06:34:14 · update #1
i agree......if she has no thought to the childrens welfare then why is she still taking drugs! my sister is expecting her 8th child! i think its disgusting when people cannot care for one child that they go have another ....i think people that are that irresposible and cannot cope with what they already have should be sterillised and /or watched closely
2006-11-23 06:44:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's horrible yes and something should be done, but.. If the society starts sterilizing people without their consent, where would that stop? And where would it start. How would you decide? The Swedish and Norwegian governments sterilized people based on their IQ as well as people with CP (most of the things weren't hereditary). I have a friend whose parents are both disabled and she's normal and had a good life. What if a heroin addict kikced her habit and wanted a family and normal life. So where would you draw the line?
2006-11-23 06:41:08 · answer #2 · answered by Cold Bird 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think of the goverment ought to interecpet the Herion furnish and positioned contraceptives in it. I mean what happens to the infants whilst the mothers and fathers 'smack out' and flow into their little drug brought about worlds for hours on end? It would not undergo thinking approximately! human beings prefer a guess inspite of the undeniable fact that it sounds like this woman has had quite a few and accomplished no longer something to assist herself. So in end, i do no longer think of finished sterilisation is the way becuase like I say each and every person merits a guess yet a contrapceptive may be great!
2016-10-17 10:57:32 · answer #3 · answered by bassage 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't. How do you draw the line on that. First we start with all the addicts? Well how often do you have to get high to be considered an addict. Maybe we should just include all drug users. Then what about the alcoholics. And forget about giving them a chance to help themselves rehabilitate - we'll just label them and sterilize them. And if that's dangerous behaviour, then what about all those people with mental disabilities - wouldn't want that passed on....And hey, what about people with depression - that could hurt the baby. And anybody with a jail record. And maybe we should include all the mean people. And so on and so on....
I'm not being sarcastic here to be nasty - I'm just trying to prove a point. And by the way, sterilization of people with mental disabilities was a normal practice in the USA until about the 60s - when it was deemed cruel and unnecessary. Addiction is a disease too.
2006-11-23 07:19:25 · answer #4 · answered by chicchick 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
This was proposed by Keith Joseph, a Tory minister in the 1970's. It was also common practice in the inter-war years as part of the eugenics movement until the civilized world had a collective memory loss about the subject following Nazi Germany's over enthusiasm for it.
2006-11-23 06:54:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some times I look at the cruelty children face a wonder the same thing.I have long thought that sterilisation would be an option as it would control the birth rate and help us protect the most vunrable like these children and the woman herself.However I am oftern jokingly told by my friends that I have my mothers russian bllod running through me giving me these communist ideals
2006-11-23 06:42:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, absolutely. Then we should start killing off all the disabled people in society, and then start selecting people with blond hair and blue eyes to breed to create a 'super race'. With full state intervention, nothing bad will ever happen to anyone.
In case you can't tell, I am being sacrastic.
2006-11-24 02:56:15 · answer #7 · answered by Ricecakes 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Completely agree.
2006-11-23 06:41:31 · answer #8 · answered by Georgie's Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mothers and Fathers, both.
Druggies should have their kids removed and then yup, sterilization.
However, not just druggies...
Parenting needs to be an exam to be passed before you are allowed to have children.
2006-11-23 06:44:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The state needs to sterilize her, obviously she isn't going to change.
2006-11-23 06:41:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋