judge tells woman to stop having kids. No it's not Sarah Palin

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/09/12/0912salazar.html

Travis judge tells woman to stop having kids
Constitutionality of order in child injury case is questioned by experts.
By Steven Kreytak

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Friday, September 12, 2008

A judge in Travis County has ordered a woman to stop having children as a condition of her probation in her case of injury to a child by omission, an extraordinary measure that legal experts say could be unconstitutional.

The order was for Felicia Salazar, 20, who admitted to failing to provide protection and medical care to her then-19-month-old daughter last year. The girl suffered broken bones and other injuries when she was beaten by her father, Roberto Alvarado, 25, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Alvarado and Salazar relinquished their parental rights, and the child, who has recovered, was placed in foster care.

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Laycock, the Michigan law professor, said that in a past Wisconsin case, a father of nine who was convicted of intentionally failing to pay child support was ordered to have no more children as a condition of probation. The Supreme Court of Wisconsin upheld that condition.

[MsTryska]

1. So I have to ask....

would they have said this to a white woman?

it always seems to be minority women that are getting involuntary sterilized or otherwise chastised for breeding.

i was ruminating on this whilst contemplating the whole pro-life thing earlier today. (or rather yesterday)

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. Apparently - white babies good, brown / black babies bad.

[MsTryska]

3. apparently so...

I remember when Poppy Bush was pro-Choice because it was Ghetto Population Control.

i guess when people realized that meant white girls could and did get abortions too - all of a suddent he Sanctitiy of Life became kind of a big deal.

it used to just be Catholics. now it's everybody it seems like. At least that's my perception.