Thanks, Scout.
I think what I have found so disturbing about this thread is that two days ago, on its parent thread, we were talking about the problems associated with reducing access to pregnancy prevention techniques - and now only two days later, we are having a [i]serious discussion[i] about whether or not it's all right for the government to sterilize women in exchange for public assistance.
I find this absolutely terrifying. On a site where any form of government intrusion usually brings howls of protest, sterilization by coercion seems, to some, to be an idea worth considering. I must confess I don't understand it.
Scout said it best -- it's heinous in the extreme.
