Sterilising drug users is not the answer

October 22, 2010

I can see why some may consider sterilising addicts as an option for the ever expanding drug-using community here in the UK. Hundreds, maybe thousands of children are born here every year to addicted mums and dads. They’re born suffering withdrawal symptoms, and will often go on to suffer neglect, poverty and the possibility of being removed from their homes and sent to live with people other than their birth parents. This is a very sad fact. (Guardian)