La. lawmaker wants to pay poor women to be sterilized
NEW ORLEANS, LA (NBC) - A suburban New Orleans legislator is wants to pay poor women to undergo sterilization.
State Rep. John LaBruzzo said that the program he is thinking about would be voluntary.
Poor women would be paid $1,000 to have their fallopian tubes tied.
LaBruzzo, a Republican, said the plan could slow the growth of welfare rolls.
But critics of this plan and similar ones proposed in the past have long said the idea is racist.
Sheila Griffin, interim director of the New Orleans Women's Health Clinic, criticized the idea.
She said it targets poor black women and said better proposals to aid the poor would be to raise the minimum wage while improving education, labor laws and health care.
Really, I have little problem with this. It's voluntary, it's not like they're being forced into it, and it would save taxpayer money in the long run. I think there are just as many woman who have another child to get more welfare money as there are women who would jump at this chance.
It being voluntary I have to agree. It is your choice. If it goes against your beliefs then no one is making you do it. I'm not sure if it would help a lot though. It depends on how much those individuals think it out. They could have the $1,000 now but later on they would have to find other ways of getting money *gasp*
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I think it's a great idea! I even know someone who could benefit from this. My boys have a half sister who is a baby machine. This girl is maybe 25 and just had her I believe 8th child, most of which she lost custody of. She has no job, is not married, of course has 3 different "baby daddys". Most of these have been what you would call high risk pregnancies that of course are paid for by Medicaid. Her third pregnancy actually got her on that show about high risk births. This girl needs to be stopped.
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I think it's a great idea! I even know someone who could benefit from this. My boys have a half sister who is a baby machine. This girl is maybe 25 and just had her I believe 8th child, most of which she lost custody of. She has no job, is not married, of course has 3 different "baby daddys". Most of these have been what you would call high risk pregnancies that of course are paid for by Medicaid. Her third pregnancy actually got her on that show about high risk births. This girl needs to be stopped.
