Do you think it would be a good idea for the government to pay for vasectomies and tubal ligation?

Question

Then there wouldnt be a "oops" we have more kids than we can afford, or "oops' I need public assistence for the kids I accidentally had.

Answer 1

Yes.

Answer 2

I am never happy about the government paying for anything. Given the choice of paying for kids, or sterilization, I will pick sterilization. Medi-Cal will already pay for female sterilization. I think other states will as well.

The problem with this plan is lawsuits. Often women go into the hospital to have a baby and get sterilized at the same time. They claim that the nurse tricked them into singing the consent while they are drugged up with pain meds. This is much more common for people that are getting free medical, than those whom have insurance. Usually only minorities complain, so the ACLU gets involved.

A rich man, in California, once offered to pay women something like $2000 to get sterilized for free. This went on until the ACLU counted up the statistics. The minority women taking the money outnumbered the number of white women by something like 10%. The ACLU filed a law suit claiming that he was tricking minorities into accepting the money, in order to commit slow “genocide”.

Also many of the women went to get the operation reversed. Why? Because the state will pay for that. Yes, fertility treatments are free in California. So the women got the money, and still had kids.

Anyway, if the government is going to pay, some careful planning is required.

Answer 3

I think insurance should cover those things, and if someone wants one and has a consult to understand exactly what it means, what the reversal success rate is, etc then even younger people w/o kids shouldn't be denied them.

My health insurance will cover me having a kid, but until recently wouldn't pay a penny toward my birth control. I've yet to figure out how that makes sense.

Should the GOVERNMENT pay for it? No. People shouldn't have sex if they aren't prepared for any/all possible consequences. The government shouldn't be responsible for someone wanting an orgasm, and getting a kid in the bargain.

Answer 4

I agree that goverment should subsidize. If a person wants a vasectomy or tubal done why not. The government is paying out of their pockets for public assistance so why not this way?

Answer 5

In some countries it makes more sense for the government to pay parents to have kids.

And actually there are countries which do exactly that.

Many countries in Europe have shrinking local populations due to very low birth rates. And they have to keep replacing local people who get old and die childless with immigrants from abroad.

Raising kids takes a lot of work and sacrifice. And the government should be thankful to people who do have kids.

Without kids there is no future for any society.

Answer 6

I'm all for traumatic total vasectomies for convicted rapists. Tie a wire to his wienie and swing him from a tree.

I would be more likely to favor an under the skin type of birth control for mothers who have a second child while receiving welfare or public assistance.

Answer 7

actually, the government will pay for those if someone on welfare is also receiving medicaid, the problem is not enough of them want it! More babies means more benefits, there are people who will be on it forever because they just don't know any other way to live, and they pass this down to their kids who repeat the whole cycle!! Sad because so much potential is wasted being born to parents like that.

Answer 8

Most states have been paying for a woman to have a tubal ligation for years. I think they are excellent programs.

Answer 9

I prefer small government, so, on that basis alone, I'd say no.

But, when the government offers service for free, it encourages greater use of that service, and changes the perception of that service, as well. Voluntary sterilization is the kind of choice that the government has no business influencing.

Answer 10

That's the current UN policy for underdeveloped countries.

Why is America regressing instead of progressing. Oops, pardon me I forgot, we kicked God and morality out of every aspect of the public. I forgot that the Bible is evil now and My Two Mommies is good.

May your lights be green and your lines be short.

Answer 11

They already do, the problem is that the doctors won't do this unless the woman is over 21 years old, my sister tried to get it done after her first one. And don't forget, it is an optional procedure. They don't HAVE to get it done.