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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 11:39 PM
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Judge orders N.Y. couple not to conceive
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Conception%20Banned

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A couple has been ordered not to conceive any more children until the ones they already have are no longer in foster care.

A civil liberties advocate said the court ruling unsealed Friday was "blatantly unconstitutional."

... "I don't know of any precedent that would permit a judge to do this," Anna Schissel, staff attorney for the Reproductive Rights Project of the New York Civil Liberties Union, told the Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester. "And even if there were a precedent, it would be blatantly unconstitutional because it violates the United States Constitution and the New York Constitution."

... The mother was found to have neglected her four children, ages 1, 2, 4 and 5. All three children who were tested for cocaine tested positive, according to court papers. Both parents had a history of drug abuse. It was not immediately clear if the father had other children.

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KT2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 12:44 AM
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1. Gotta agree with the judge
on this one. He made a reasonable condition that they could have more children.
Just my opinion.
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Kenneth ken Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 01:13 AM
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2. I can understand
the Judge's desire to save this couple, and their children from themselves, and to ease the societal burden these people represent; however, the actuality of the ruling is pretty much unenforceable.
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:53 AM
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3. Perhaps a similar order might be brought against prison sweethearts
Ms. England and Mr. Grainer.
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 06:02 AM
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4. Wrong Couple Look at Wolfman Wolfowitz
There's a MotherF***er who should have been stopped from having offspring. ITS the NEOCON version of the "Boys from Brazil"
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jayavarman Donating Member (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 12:09 AM
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5. sounds good to me
eom
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yella_dawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 12:46 AM
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6. If they violate the judge's order...
will the court order an abortion???



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