Should drug addicted mothers be sterilized ?
Should Drug Addicted Mothers be Sterilized?
Sterilization is the surgical process after which a person can no longer reproduce. The process in permanent and irreversible. It is a choice for people but laws are considering to enforce it on the unfortunate group of drug-addicted mothers. The drug-addicted mothers are wholly held responsible for the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), a group of problems that a new born has to face because the mother was dependant on illegal or prescribed drugs. The baby becomes addicted with the mother, and is still dependent on drug at the time of birth. With an increase in the number of babies born addicted to drugs, the lawmakers considered forced sterilization upon drug-addicted mothers as the most effective solution to eradicate this issue forever. However, such a prospect is appalling as it violates human rights, contradicts established laws, legalizes the practice of eugenics, and is a very risky process.
Giving birth is a woman’s inherent right and nobody can take this right away from her, whatever the circumstances. This is not just a general statement. The violation of inherent human rights and the protection of social groups in danger are two topics that are widely discussed repeatedly in the treaties of international laws of human rights. Why does a drug-addicted mother look up to these rights when she seeks for protection against violation of her rights? This is because she is promised the right to family, privacy, social security, the right to exercise her rights and her consent in any sort of decision that affects her. The declaration of these rights can be traced back to the international community, UN General Assembly, which vowed never to let an atrocity like the deathly Second World War arise again. This resulted in the documentation of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is a common standard of achievement for all nations and it secures the rights and dignity of the people in every nation. It is
Sterilization is the surgical process after which a person can no longer reproduce. The process in permanent and irreversible. It is a choice for people but laws are considering to enforce it on the unfortunate group of drug-addicted mothers. The drug-addicted mothers are wholly held responsible for the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), a group of problems that a new born has to face because the mother was dependant on illegal or prescribed drugs. The baby becomes addicted with the mother, and is still dependent on drug at the time of birth. With an increase in the number of babies born addicted to drugs, the lawmakers considered forced sterilization upon drug-addicted mothers as the most effective solution to eradicate this issue forever. However, such a prospect is appalling as it violates human rights, contradicts established laws, legalizes the practice of eugenics, and is a very risky process.
Giving birth is a woman’s inherent right and nobody can take this right away from her, whatever the circumstances. This is not just a general statement. The violation of inherent human rights and the protection of social groups in danger are two topics that are widely discussed repeatedly in the treaties of international laws of human rights. Why does a drug-addicted mother look up to these rights when she seeks for protection against violation of her rights? This is because she is promised the right to family, privacy, social security, the right to exercise her rights and her consent in any sort of decision that affects her. The declaration of these rights can be traced back to the international community, UN General Assembly, which vowed never to let an atrocity like the deathly Second World War arise again. This resulted in the documentation of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is a common standard of achievement for all nations and it secures the rights and dignity of the people in every nation. It is
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