A California Prison Proposal That is Disturbingly Akin to Eugenics

The Gender Responsiveness Strategies Commission has been a horrible joke since the day the concept was written on paper. It's all about dressing up what their goals are with catch phrases. Stand by, if you have issues with this, you'll be upset over some of their other recommendations. And the legislature would call CDCR on the issue.

excellent article! really, spot-on! i have posted your article and some of my analysis over at my blog (kameelahwrites.blogspot.com) as well as over at blacklooks (www.blacklooks.org)-an african fem blog. i did research on human sterilization about a year ago and went through all of the human betterment society's accessible files at an archive in pasadena. my findings were disturbing to say the least. prior to that i came across crack (Children Requiring A Caring Kommunity) which pays drug addicted women to be sterilized. this blew me away, then i was reminded not ti be the least bit surprised by these efforts, but still remain enraged enough to continue to organize.

Dear God! Did I miss a memo in which we were advised of the repeal of the Equal Protection clause of the US Constitution?
The idea of tubal ligation being performed in a prison clinic is, in and of itself, chilling, given the appalling track record of California's prison health care.
To imply that incarcerated women can have a free choice in such a matter is a disgusting joke... and anyone who believes that white, middle class women will be "offered this option" (please note dripping sarcasm) with the same frequency as lower incom women of colour is fooling themselves.

I spent 8 months in a California jail ( 4 months twice ) for the "crime" of rescuing my only child from institutionalized abuse by the State. He was only 6 years old when illegally kidnapped from me because I refused his kindergarten teacher's request to put him on Ritalin. (which now has been issued a blackbox warning by the FDA)

There was a disproportionate number of very pregnant women (over 7 months pregnant) incarcerated by the County. Many of these women did not speak English, and virtually all were poor. If the women gave birth in jail, their babies were immediately seized by CPS. Most of these women were not afforded a hearing before this happened. In other words, most of them were probably innocent when arrested, but the way the system is set up, an evidentiary hearing may not be granted until 60 days after arrest. My questions are: Why did the County arrest these women who were in their late-term pregnancies? What happens to the babies? Are they condemned to a life of abuse in State institutions? Are these babies murdered?

Women must seriously re-think the concept of "CHOICE". An abortion is not a choice and a lifetime in foster care is not any better. Until women rally around motherhood instead of selfish pursuits, countless women and children will suffer. The new "feminism" MUST be honouring motherhood and childhood, not the path to death and destruction. The disrespect of motherhood and childhood leads to depression, suicide, homelessness, drug addiction and death. Sterilizing women is the ultimate disrespect to the female species. A life without procreation is no life at all. Women take notice: You are either with US, or you are with the terrorists. Don't put your faith in political parties or ideologies.

There are too many children wrongfully separated from their mothers. The statistics are overwhelming. Where are the so-called feminists who claim to care about the plight of women? They don't care about anything except their own selfish pursuits. Why not make mothers and children your number one priority, not the issue of homosexuality.

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Has anybody organized a response to this? I couldn't find anything on Justice Now's website. Whom should we be writing or petitioning (even those of us who aren't Californians)?

Wendy: You might try contacting the authors thorugh the Justice Now website. That's what I would do.

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