Addicts paid to practice contraception

Addicts paid to practice contraception

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A national group is offering drug addicts or alcoholics in Tucson $300 if they agree to long-term birth control.
Members of Project Prevention hope their efforts will slow or stop the wave of babies that are born addicted, unwanted or with health problems associated with their mother's or father's substance abuse.

The group set up shop at a Tucson transit center on Tuesday, promising to pay anyone addicted to drugs or alcohol for signing on to contraception. Women must agree to take a long-term contraceptive shot, get a Intrauterine device implanted or have a tubal ligation. Men must agree to undergo a vasectomy.

The program was started by Harrisburg, N.C. resident Barbara Harris in 1997. It has paid more than 2,800 people so far.

"Those who oppose what we're doing should be willing to step up and adopt a few of the babies," said Harris, who has adopted children who were born addicted. "These women can't raise these children."

Many who passed by the group took fliers, although none said they were addicts and immediately stepped forward to sign up.

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On the other hand, I'm not so comfortable with the more permanent sterilization measures, as that seems dangerously close to old eugenics policies. Some of these people may pull themselves together at some point.

While taking a friend's teenage children on a limo tour of NYC, I had the driver go thru Bed-Stuy at night. I wanted those privileged kids to see how rough life could get, right here in the Good Ol' USA.

There was a crack-whore working a corner, two girls may 3 and 5 standing alongside. I had the driver go around the block, and when we pulled up the second time, she walked up to the rear passenger window, which I rolled down.

I asked her what she would do with the girls if she hustled something up.

"Oh, they just wait for me, right here on the corner."

It was probably around 10:30.