My apologies, Steve challenged me about one point regarding money for
sterilizations of poor women in the US.
I promise I will not post another message until next Wednesday, unless
someone asks me to...here it is
Program Offers Women Addicts $200 In Exchange For Sterilization
Published: Sat, 24 July 1999
Author: Pam Belluck
Source: New York Times (NY)
CHICAGO -- The billboards make an unusual offer.
"If you are addicted to drugs," they say, "get birth control -- get $200
cash."
The signs, which went up recently in neighborhoods in Chicago, advertise a
program that will start here on Monday, intended to persuade drug-addicted
women to get sterilized or get long-term birth control like Norplant or
Depo-Privera. Once the women offer proof that they have done so, they will
be given $200 in cash.
http://www.familywatch.org/library/stdrus.005.html
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: Global Warming Anyone?
> Please stick to the facts John, I know its hard sometimes but
> still....
>
> The drug addicted parent/abortion reference was to a limited program
> in Orange County California where a private group would pay drug
> addicted women who were pregnant to get an abortion.
>
> If that is forced sterilization then so is a "free abortion clinic".
>
> <rolls eyes>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> --- John Foster <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Steve:
> > > Ethically how do you go about these [population] reductions?
> > Death camps?
> > Forced
> > > sterilization?
> >
> > He said that he was supporting 'free abortion clinics' so I don't
> > know how
> > you could infer that 'death camps' would be acceptable, and neither
> > forced
> > sterilization which has been practiced in the US recently as a
> > means of
> > preventing drug addicted, impoverished women from having children.
> > Forced
> > sterilization is a policy already...so you should be more careful
> > in your
> > suppositions, about a more democratic solution.
> >
> > You should address the proposed solution, not create 'strawmen'
> > arguements.
> >
> > chao
> >
> > john
>
>
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