ARRRGGHHHH that is the only thing that i can think of when I hear these kinds of things! I mean holy hell, there are many able-bodied folks who should never have kids! ggggggggggrrrrrrrrrr mag ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please ask your Congressperson to vote FOR the MICASSA bill, this will allow medicaid funds to pay for community supports instead of isolating the person in a nursing home or institution. HR 910 is the bill number Senate version of MiCASSA (S 401). Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with disabilities ~Tamar Mag Raine~ [log in to unmask] IM: tamarmag48 Yahoo IM Tamarmag56 > [Original Message] > From: <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 5/11/2005 4:04:00 PM > Subject: Re: Reproductive freedom > > In a message dated 5/11/2005 4:51:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > Bobby, > > That's what I'm looking for - how widespread is that "backward > thinking?" I'd hope that as an officially sanctioned state policy, that > sterilization would be almost impossible, but the act of "putting > pressure" on people to influence decisions of this type is something > that needs to be addressed. > > "I have heard of cases of disabled persons getting married with a > stipulation of one or the other parties being sterilized." =20 > > This is an area that I think would really be worth investigating. =20 > > > > > This request for me to be sterilized was 4 years ago. Sherry was sterilized > again after Susan was born. > > I'm hoping that when Lorri and I get married that we don't have this > problem. I have a decent paying job. I'm not on any welfare programs other than > WIC so income should not be a problem. Lorri is working on a degree so the > question of her mental capabilities is not going to be an issue.