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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 11:54 AM Original message |
Mo judge tells woman: No more pregnancies |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. What an awful precedent (and I can't believe it will stand) |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. posted in wrong place |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 05:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. They need to read this |
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Katzenjammer (541 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think that both she and the man or men should be sterilized |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Hmmm.... nice Eugenics attitude there |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. If you think that's bad, |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Good point! |
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Katzenjammer (541 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I think you misunderstand what 'eugenics' means. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. The current US birth rate is 2.1 children per woman. |
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Katzenjammer (541 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 07:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Maybe you should think about that more carefully |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 07:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Prenatal sex testing is good for hindering population growth |
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jilln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. How is that eugenics, if advocated for EVERYBODY? |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-22-06 02:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
49. read the article before judging the judge |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 07:02 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. So she goes to prison for what she is guilty of |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I'm not a doctor, but if we only allow people to have 1/2 of a child, |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Solomon will handle that problem. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 08:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I'm pretty sure that "1/2 a child per person" with two parents = 1 Child. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. preach it! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Totally illegal -- no way this will stand |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. The judge needs to be fired. |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. court-ordered abortions? so if she gets pregnant, I guess that's |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. This won't stand..... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. Decades ago, in KC, MO, a judge got pushy like this with a woman. |
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WilmywoodNCparalegal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. A part of me agrees with most of the comments made so far |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. The social ills behind the three kids living in poverty |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 01:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. But she's no 'welfare bum' |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. I think it was actually 3 different boyfriends who won't pay support. n/t |
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judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'm glad this judge spoke up |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It's inappropriate. It's illegal. It has nothing to do with her case. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. he was trying to get her to get her shit together.. for the kids.. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
51. Oh really? But she said she forged the checks because the three fathers |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. That's how I understood it. He was trying to help her. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
24. She can continue having more kids when she's off probation, right? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 01:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
52. She said she already had her tubes tied, so I don't know |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
25. Three out of four of the recommendations were positive |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
26. the judge is right...he is just not in the position however to legislate |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. she probably used the kids as her sob story in court |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 01:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
53. She did. She said the three fathers weren't paying support on time, |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
28. put a niqab on her & we'll have a double DU cause celebre! |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. and on a work-release program |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. So, why didn't he order pre-sterilization for any man who would consider |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 01:20 AM Response to Reply #30 |
54. He's not ordering her to be sterilized. She had ALREADY had her tubes |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. Typical case of a man telling a woman what to do with her body. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. Since she's already had her tubes tied- seems like it's a non-issue |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 01:24 AM Response to Reply #32 |
56. Finally! Someone else who read the whole thing. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
33. Judge is probably tired of seeing the same story over and over every day.. |
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ldf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
37. just to add a little more gas to the fire... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. but teaching about birth control in schools is immoral! |
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Moloch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
41. What a fundie asshole... |
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MODemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
42. I wonder if any of the fathers are paying child support |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
43. The difference between "should" and "shall" |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
44. Um why not look up the fathers and make them support their kids? |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. An observation |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 01:22 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. The irony of this whole case is that the woman in question, mother of |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-22-06 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
47. This could set an undesirable precedent, however |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-22-06 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
48. She used the kids as excuse for passing counterfeit |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 01:15 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Exactly. Plus she says she's already had her tubes tied. |
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