Although most of the fire directed against the Obama Administration’s birth control mandate concerns its blatant infringement of religious freedom, this rule also allows people as young as 15 to be sterilized without their parent’s knowledge or consent.
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Group Pays Drug Addicted Women to Get Sterilized
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A controversial program by a non-profit group dedicated to fighting drug addiction is causing outrage by offering cash to drug-addicted women to enable them to either be sterilized or to get long-term birth control.
American Women Show Preference for Sterilization
By Susaan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new report has found that while the pill remains the contraceptive of choice for married American women, they are also much more likely than their global counterparts to opt for sterilization.
Economic Woes Blamed for Increase in Vasectomies in NJ
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A failing economy and loss of traditional male jobs may be fueling an increase in vasectomies in the state of New Jersey where newly released figures show the lowest birth rate in 23 years.
Lawmaker Suggests Sterilizing Poor Women
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In a blatant example of Nazi-style eugenics, a Louisiana lawmaker is considering a plan to pay poor women $1,000 to have their Fallopian tubes tied in order to curb the population of people who need government aid but don’t pay taxes.
