sterelising the disabled

[amalan11]

I was reading an article today (on the Daily telegraph site,Sydney)  about banning people from taking disabled children overseas to be sterilised.

It got me wondering why it cannot be done in Australia as in some cases I can understand why parents would want this done.

It is not a nice topic, but i think if a child is so disabled mentally or physically that they cannot care for themselves it is just adding a terrible burden to the family and child themselves if a pregnancy occurs.

I noticed the other point listed as a pro was to stop the child being sexually abused but I cannot see what difference being sterilised would make to that..as disgusting as it is it seems there are always deviates preying on these people .

I think it would surly be better to have a board of experts be able to allow sterilisation in some cases

In the article it talks about how sad it is that some women who have been sterilised want to have children later and collect prams and baby photos ect because they are so unhappy but if they have such issues I wonder how they would deal with a baby they had to give away  or abortion in the past if they had been unable to keep it.

sometimes I question if the rights of the individual outweigh commonsence

[cherry*135]

Nature includes people born with a disability.

There are less disabled persons being born now than in previous decades as parents are able to test early in pregnancy for Downs Syndrome etc and make a choice their own choice or whether to have that baby or not.

**threw should be through... sentences don't make sense using threw.

[kengillard]

Not getting into this one

[katydidthat]

Many people with disabilities bring others great joy and love.  

Just the other day, I met a young man with foreshortened arms and fewer fingers than he should have.  It was clearly difficult for him to do things like open doors, and fit seatbelts.  We got chatting and he made my day.  He was a cheerful kid, just about to turn 19 ... he was confident, witty, and very lovable.  

[0z_girl]

I would rather see women who have a record of abuse and crimes against children, have compulsory sterilisation.

They keep having their children taken away, yet seem to keep having babies.  many disabled people would make better parents then these people.

I know do gooders will say people can change, but I don't think they should be given repeated chances.

as for disabled people it depends on many factors, obviously the extent of their disability, their support network.

[1sweetap6v8]

katydidthat   What about the 1.5 BILLION normal people that are also wounderful loving humans who wont eat tonight .? When do you learn there is only so much room and resources and who and what is best for everyone. Not just a minorities.

For every beautiful loving disabled person theres 500 that are not but will end up disabled or DEAD because there is no food shelter heat water etc for them.  You tell those 1.5 billion there place on the planet is taken buy someone who buy natures own call probably would not be here if it was not for human intervention. Now think about things before you allow your emotions and self interests take hold.

[katydidthat]

Sorry, just plain uninterested in eugenics.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking

Here's a lovely heart warming story for you 🙂

[polksaladallie]

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@0z_girl wrote:

I would rather see women who have a record of abuse and crimes against children, have compulsory sterilisation.

They keep having their children taken away, yet seem to keep having babies.  many disabled people would make better parents then these people.

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What about the men?

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

I have a suggestion........why doesn't the world sterilize stupid people.  You know, like the ones that author hateful threads?  Or, even the ones who can't spell sterilize?

[toysartnstuff]

I'm not getting involved in this one either lol

[1sweetap6v8]

Sitting on the fence fixes nothing.