norplant -- CBS 60 minutes Dec '91 ( ? ) -- producer: ruth streeter ( 11 min )

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darlene johnson: 28 yrs old / 5 children / never married
* sep '90: arrested for abuse of 5 & 6 year old girls

• "...when i get on 'em, i get on 'em - i know i went too far."
• "i feel the Lord will provide a way for me ( to have more ) -- my mother had eight . . ."
• one child lives with her; 3 in foster home; 1 with grandmother
• judge: howard broadman: Visalia (sp) County, CA
• sentence: parenting class + therapy + jail + Norplant (by agreement)
• her crime is mistreatment of kids -- not having kids -- why prevent her from having kids ?
• "as a judge i'm always balancing conflicting Constitutional Rights . . ."
  • lawyer: charles rothbalm (sp)
  • "he has given up on her . . . there are less restrictive punishments ..."
  • eugenics -- ridding the society of a permanent underclass ?

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kansas state representatives

• kerry patrick
• women on welfare do not use family planning services so he wants an incentive -- $500 -- to get Norplant -- a bribe -- like a cookie coupon; keep the 15-30 year old welfare recipient from having that second child while they focus on developing career skills
• kathleen sadailias (sp)
• indira ghandi ( 1917-84 ) -- tried to bribe women with radios - they should offer women scholarships to stay in school -- men are just trying to control women's bodies bottom line: are there limits to human behavior ?

• update: judge was shot at by a dissenter and is off the case; the kansas bill was defeated but welfare recipients can get Norplant for free

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