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Tennessee Judge Offers Inmates Sentence Reductions for Vasectomies and Birth Control Implants

posted by martyb on Saturday July 22 2017, @08:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the cutting-things-short dept.

takyon writes:

The ACLU of Tennessee has criticized a judge's sentence reduction deal for inmates. Judge Sam Benningfield signed an order permitting a 30-day sentence reduction for male inmates who agree to have vasectomy and female inmates who agree to get the birth control implant Nexplanon, which prevents pregnancy for four years.

The program is voluntary. However, the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee has condemned the program, calling it "unconstitutional." [...] But Benningfield, who declined to speak to NBC News, told News Channel 5 that he is trying to encourage "personal responsibility" among inmates, who will not "be burdened with children" when they are released. "This gives them a chance to get on their feet and make something of themselves," Benningfield told the station.

Since the program began, 32 women have received the birth control implant and 38 men have agreed to have a vasectomy, News Channel 5 reported. It was not immediately clear how many men have undergone the surgery.

Inmates can get two days knocked off their sentences for attending a course about the risks of babies born addicted to opioids:

America's opioid crisis is expanding to a new class of victims—unborn children. Infants are being born with symptoms of withdrawal, also known as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, or NAS. In the last decade, states like Tennessee have seen a ten-fold rise in the number of babies born with NAS.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @09:28PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @09:28PM (#543097)

    a little eugenics will do the species no harm.

    Alright. We shall start with those who are promoting eugenics and see how it goes.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @10:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @10:41PM (#543133)

    Modpoints for insightful, my kingdom for modpoints for insightful!

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @07:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @07:54PM (#543447)

    We already have Eugenics. From the Left.

    Many severely mentally disabled people are not allowed to have sex. The mechanism is the Left's favorite tool for prohibition: Consent.

    Since they do not have the ability to consent, they cannot have sex. Not even with someone else who consents, because the mentally disabled person cannot, by definition, consent.

    Now, I happen to somewhat agree with this approach. But lets not kid ourselves. Eugenics is in play, the only question is how far will/can it go.