A mentally disabled woman with an IQ of 70 has had 6 children, all of whom were taken away by the state due to her inability to care for them.
Would you support a judge forcing this woman to undergo a medical procedure to get an IUD inserted?
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This is Buck v. Bell territory.
Voting yes means you trust the state to competently administer the IQ test, interpret the results, and that the children were taken away for good reasons. A 'no' vote just means you have reasonable doubt of any of those assertions.
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The state shouldn't have that sort of meddlesome role.
That said, if dependence on the state has led people not to live in highly self-organising groups, then your scenario might lack a proper soirce of management.
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If the state has to take care of your kids I don't see why they shouldn't also take care of your vagina.
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I selected 'no', but birth control should be vigorously encouraged to the woman by government, docs, and family.
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you should ask this again but with Norplant; putting someone through IUD insertion is really unconscionable. i’d still have a major problem with it but at least that would be a thought problem i could bear to read a thread on
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Reminds me of another dilemma involving sex and the mentally disabled:
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We gotta draw the line somewhere. Everyone should be sterilized until you’re over 18 and can pass a test to show your IQ is over 105 (a hair above average).
Stop idiocracy from happening.
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