I actually think it's a rather good idea. None of the people involved are getting scammed; they all know what they are getting into. According to the BBC article, the drug addict in question has stated that he "should never be a father", and that he had been thinking about it a long time.
There is no forcing of a hand here; the purpose of doing this is to ensure that less children suffer in the long run. If an addict doesn't want to get help for themselves, or cannot, the best they can do to ensure that they don't bring harm to anyone else (i.e. their potential children) is to get sterilised.
You are taking it way too far by insinuating that they plan to extend the offer to the "useless, criminals, morally corrupt, and people with no common sense". I have seen nothing in these reports that suggest they are going to do that at all. There are no direct mental / physical problems caused to babies during pregnancy if the parents are useless, criminal, morally corrupt, or lack common sense. There are direct mental / physical problems cause to babies during pregnancy if the parents are drug addicts.
There is no forcing of a hand here; the purpose of doing this is to ensure that less children suffer in the long run. If an addict doesn't want to get help for themselves, or cannot, the best they can do to ensure that they don't bring harm to anyone else (i.e. their potential children) is to get sterilised.
You are taking it way too far by insinuating that they plan to extend the offer to the "useless, criminals, morally corrupt, and people with no common sense". I have seen nothing in these reports that suggest they are going to do that at all. There are no direct mental / physical problems caused to babies during pregnancy if the parents are useless, criminal, morally corrupt, or lack common sense. There are direct mental / physical problems cause to babies during pregnancy if the parents are drug addicts.
