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Girard442

(6,075 posts) Sat May 25, 2019, 06:26 AM May 2019

So, when do the mandatory sterilizations start? [View all]

A government that’s seized the power to force you to give birth can also force you not to. Now that some states have laws on the books that establish the primacy of blastocysts, why not forbid the feeble-minded and other genetic defectives* from producing flawed ones?

*Anachronistic language intentional.

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So, when do the mandatory sterilizations start? [View all] Girard442 May 2019 OP

No shit. Buck v. Bell has NOT been overturned or overruled. no_hypocrisy May 2019 #1

Just heard women's burkas will be this Fall's hottest style. democratisphere May 2019 #2

Maybe that's next. nt zanana1 May 2019 #7

Nah, the men wouldn't want that so it will never happen. lark May 2019 #8

Sterilization as condition of immigration eligibility?? Or go the 'Miss. appendectomy' route? bobbieinok May 2019 #3

Been there, done that...nt 2naSalit May 2019 #4

Sterilization has always been used as a tool of state oppression in the U.S. WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #5

Good that you pointed that out. Girard442 May 2019 #11

Yeah, I just feel like the "Handmaid's Tale" narrative I see in the current discourse -- from memes WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #12

Thank you for your comments . I agree and yes lunasun May 2019 #13

If only certain women were having abortions in America sop May 2019 #6

You nailed it loyalsister May 2019 #14

Well, "mandatory sterilizations" rocktivity May 2019 #9

These New Abortion Laws Grant Government the Power to Enforce Abortions dlk May 2019 #10