Reply #17: I'm not saying I disagree with you-

[WildClarySage]

I do have a wonderful child, the best kiddo in the world really, and yeah, he's still a handful and a responsibility and a darling rolled into one. But egislating reproduction is a slippery slope thing and I'm not sure I can endorse it for any reason. Yes, my heart aches for the children who are abandoned/abused (it's why I went into social services in the first place). Yes, I realize it's a tragic situation for those children and for any future children she might conceive. But with all the assaults of late on women's rights to choose, I'm concerned about anything that intervenes with that right. And I really don't know how I feel about this. These decrees, laws, etc. build complacency that translates into the erosion of rights to determine one's reproductive choices. That's what I object to, not, necessarily, to the judge's decision in this case.

I'm curious, what happens to her if she is able to kick the drug habit, but not to regain custody of the children already born? Regaining custody can be a bitch in some communities, easy as pie in others. Does her right to bear drug- and abuse- free children remain restricted if she is able to clean and sober up but is not able to regain custody of the others?