Reproductive Rights are important.


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The cases evoke a dark corner of American history where the mentally ill, minorities and those deemed "deficient" were forced to undergo surgery so they could not have children.

The woman where this came to light - not guilty by reason of insanity. In and out of mental hospitals since she was 16, and stabbed herself in the stomache when pregnant another time.

The women in these cases had already caused death or serious disability in their children and were facing long prison sentences.

I think that if you kill a child either directly or via neglect, you should forfeit the right to have any more children.

Their life in prison sentence should take care of any chance of a repeat offense.

They have the choice and not do the deal and go to trial.

I would argue against you
You have states that are deciding that you can kill a fetus, that letting your child go to a playground unattended can be neglect, etc
Not willing to give that kind of power to an entity that is more concerned with getting their pound of flesh

Inb this case, teh woman had a history of mental illness going back a fairly long time.
Again, it sounds more like the prosecution is less interested in justice

When a people has engaged in this behavior unethically - they can never be entrusted with the responsibility again. Prison - an all female environment - is appropriate.

due to poverty and skin color to someone who has killed or seriously harmed a child.

Also, a woman given the choice of sterilization has a choice -- she doesn't have to take the plea deal and go to trial, be convicted and spend the rest of her life in prison.

There is no coercion involved and no blanket selection of a group for sterilization.

The women involved in this case would not have been capable of making that decision. Go read the article again. He should not have had this on the table. And that's why he lost his job.

Many of those people had committed crimes (North Carolina) - one the crime of giving birth at 13.

We will have to agree to disagree. You will never get me to agree that you, me, the state should be making these decisions.

By my moral code - its wrong.

We have a prison industrial complex - use it.

amputate hands?

No coercion involved, and no blanket selection. Just make the choice: your freedom or your penis.

and I have been suggesting it for years.

Actually, for severely compulsive sexual and violent predators, there is an operation called "amygdalotomy" which renders them mellow and devoid of libido. I have been a strong proponent of it.

Related to these cases, what I find disturbing and think is the real issue. Whether as DA should have this much power and how often they use it. Its ripe for abuse and open to prejudice. I can see a DA imposing this offer more on minorities.