Do you think drug addicts should be sterilized??

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This is a story I am watching now on This Morning (a UK morning talk show), and there is a controversial story about a woman who is trying to pass a law called "project prevention", where drug addict mothers will be offered £200 (or 300$), to be sterilized, or go onto contraception to stop themselves from getting pregnant. The babies born to drug addicts are often additcted to the drug of the mother themselves, which can even be as severe as to kill them. This wasnt a choice by the child, they never asked to be born to a drug addict mother. These babies are usually taken away from the mothers at birth, and put into social care, where they are somebody elses responsibility. I think that maybe drug addicts should first off be given the chance to stop the drugs first, if they cannot stop taking these drugs, and cannot get off the dependancy (with help of course), then they MUST go into this system- not necessarily sterilized but given help with contraception so that these children are not brought into the world unwanted and uncared for and unhealthy- costing our NHS service much more!!! I dont think it is right to pay them for this service though...in the UK it should be available on the NHS on a voluntary basis (otherwise drug addicts may choose to take the money for their ability to have children just to buy more drugs which in the end will not help their condition!), I think they should first be offered help, if they cannot stick with the help, then they should have somethig done about conception... What do you think??