I read this artical yesterday and it absolutely blew my mind! According to the article, in California, prisons have resorted to sterilizing women in order to save government money. They decided that this would be a better alternative to paying out welfare to mothers of unwanted children, or even children that would be raised in a life surounded with crime. Say What??? Is this even legal? Well actually believe it or not, it is totally legal!!! There was a Supreme Court Case in 1927, Buck vs. Bell, where it was ruled that women can be FORCED to be sterilized in prison... Legally prisons do currently have the right to force sterilization on their female inmates. Is this right? Or is it immoral?
Now, while the women in California weren't being "forced", they were being strongly persuaded. What that entails, we don't know. But, the State requires prisons to have approval before each individual case of prison sterilization to guarantee that it is justified... But in California they found a loop-hold! The prison signed off on the sterilizations because the doctor signed that it was a "medical emergency".
I personally believe this is a disgusting attempt at dehuminizing women in prison. It's just the first step towards it being mandatory in other situations as well. The fact that it's just women not men speaks VOLUMES. I'm curious as to the percentage of minority women in comparison to non-minorities who have been forced to be mutilated... oh! Excuse me! Strongly pursuaded!!! Yeah, right! I refuse to believe that an inmate wouldn't be punished in some way or form if she were to say no... there are many ways to punish a person, while not admitting it's punishment.My point of view is based on the logic: If a person is in prison for a crime, their punishment needs to fit the crime. Now, if a person becomes "Neutered" in prison, and the reason is to save money on welfare outside of prison when their debt to society by then has already been paid, what then does them being "Neutered" actually have to do with them being in prison? Why is it forced in prison as if it is part of the punishment of their sentence? How do you justify the prison having this right to the FUTURE POTENTIAL of these women's bodies? How do they have the right to judge an innocent person who hasn't even had the chance to see the world yet? ...A person whom is more innocent than anyone alive on this earth currently. If it's really about the goverment not wanting to spend money on welfare, how long will it be before they start "Neutering" innercity low income people? And how long before that line is crossed? ...Then, taking it a step further to races of people for often in these life situations. Really, this scares me.
Neutering humans is the same as saying they aren't worth more than an animal is... and that their children aren't worth the chance at life. They are then expected to act differently than they have been programmed to be?! Absolutely Ludicrous, i think. I see this as a form of RAPE, because they are being raped of their ability to have children, raped of their humanity, raped of that special ability that God gave women, to set them apart from men. They are permanently mutilated for the rest of their lives and we call it rehabilitation?! Seems to me that they would need rehab from rehab. We can't possibly think that someone can just come back from that without any psychological scars.
Now let me make it clear that I'm not downing our country... I love the USA, but we do have a LOT problems with OUR country that we need to focus on. We have to be careful of the directions we turn in because it is easy to get lost. I believe this needs to STOP RIGHT NOW!!! Before this snowball gets out of control!!!!
Well this is my opinion on this. I would really like to know your opinions on this topic! Please comment below!
Article Written by: Kia C.
Sources:
- www.TellMeNow.com - link to the article I read.
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-stern/sterilization-california-prisons_b_3631287.html
*All information in this article was given to the best of my knowledge with only the best intentions. If there were any mistakes, they were unintentional. I also included reference links to my sources so you can read it for yourself...*
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