Should inmates be allowed to procreate?

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Weird question, I know. I have been watching season 6 of 'OZ' and one of the characters is fighting for the right to artificially inseminate his wife. He feels that by teh time he is released, his wife will be too old to get pregnant, so he wants the opportunity to be a father now. He's fighting saying that he should have the right to father a child, and that just because he committed a crime, his right to be a father shouldn't be denied. What do you think of this?? My thoughts are that he CAN'T be a father when he's locked up. He can only bring another child into the world that has to be supported by Wellfare and a single mother. I don't think it's unfair to deny this. It's more unfair to the child who will only know his/her father in a visitation room for most of their childhood. Yes, so many incarcerated men already have children, but why add to the problem by allowing someone who is already behind bars to bring one more child into the world among so many fatherless others. Tell me your opinion.