Reply #78: Are the Right Questions Being Asked?

[NashVegas]

from the article:

O'Connor said she was not forcing contraception or sterilization on the mother, who had children with seven different men, nor requiring her to get an abortion should she become pregnant. But she warned that the woman could be jailed for contempt if she has another child.

The New York Civil Liberties Union maintained that the opinion cannot be enforced because it "tramples on a fundamental right - the right to procreate."

Because the judge wasn't forcing sterilization or contraception, at first I was like, "well that's not so bad."

Procreation isn't just a right: it's a basic drive of our nature as animals. Our bodies welcome procreation as much as they welcome a good meal. Procreation is a physical imperative that's wired into our brains, most of us. Any attempt to interfere with that goes against the laws of nature.

If someone wishes to interfere with their own drive, so be it, but to impose this unnatural order on another being is tantamount to slavery - you are in control of their being.