Drug addicts in the UK are being offered £200 to agree to be permanently sterilised and unable to ever have children.
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The controversial American charity - Project Prevention - was set up by Barbara Harris, from North Carolina, who adopted four children born of a crack addict mother.
"I got very angry about the damage that these drugs do to these children"
"I was angry at the mum, And then my anger turned a little bit to where why did we allow her to do that?"
"Typically I just say to my critics: 'If you believe these women should continue to take drugs and have children, then step up in line and adopt their babies.' It's that simple."
[The Independent 18/10/10]
What do you think?
- Do you agree, should we support a scheme aimed at stopping babies suffering by being born as addicts, to addict parents and most likely ending up in care?
- Or do you disagree, that such a scheme does not consider the addict or that they may 'get clean' and then not be able to have children. Does it manipulte people at their most vulnerable when they need help?
- Some have called Barbara Harris essentially 'Nazi' in her approach. Why is this and is it a fair comparison?
