That's a really tough question. I understand where the judge is coming from. I really do. However, I feel that she is forcing her moral viewpoint on this woman (and by precedent) the rest of her state.
It's a difficult moral question. In it's basest form it's about money/resources. This woman is not a tax-payer, she's homeless, jobless, etc. She's put 6 people into the foster system to drain money and will likely add more by further irresponsible acts. Most people would agree that we can't just turn the kids out on the streets because their mom doesn't contribute to the system. So what do we do?
I don't have any answers, but I do know that I disagree with the judge's actions, if not her motives. No court in this land has the right to tell me or any other person how, when or how many times I can reproduce. Or not, if I choose. It's about basic control of my own body. Still, I don't know what the answer is to a situation like this. I really don't.
toughie
It's a difficult moral question. In it's basest form it's about money/resources. This woman is not a tax-payer, she's homeless, jobless, etc. She's put 6 people into the foster system to drain money and will likely add more by further irresponsible acts. Most people would agree that we can't just turn the kids out on the streets because their mom doesn't contribute to the system. So what do we do?
I don't have any answers, but I do know that I disagree with the judge's actions, if not her motives. No court in this land has the right to tell me or any other person how, when or how many times I can reproduce. Or not, if I choose. It's about basic control of my own body. Still, I don't know what the answer is to a situation like this. I really don't.