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Urgent—32 year old bipolar daughter pregnant and may be homeless
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember1" data-source="post: 755767" data-attributes="member: 23706"><p>We have no ability to stop anyone from conceiving. It is considered I believe a Civil Rights issue. A dear friend of mine is a foster parent and works with children and their parents. Some of the parents are prostitutes with six drug exposed children, but nobody ever makes a move to stop the woman from being able to reproduce. The best the Government can do is remove a child at birth, under very specific circumstances, and they do try hard to place these kids with family. The mothers are not jailed for producing multiple drug exposed children for child abuse.</p><p></p><p>I think Nomad actually did what we have the power to do. And she is lucky that her daughter agrees. Nomad, I wish my daughter would have agreed to such an arrangement.</p><p></p><p>The severely mentally ill are allowed to have children. Many do. I am not sure if certain people with severe cognitive disabilities can be stopped from having children against their will. I doubt it, but I really don't know.</p><p></p><p>Our mentally ill population can only receive treatment if they consent. This even includes severe schizophrenia. And they can have kids, right or wrong. Since there is no way to test scientifically for mental illness....perhaps that makes this a more slippery slope?</p><p></p><p>You have my heartfelt prayers. Again. I wish our hands were not tied.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember1, post: 755767, member: 23706"] We have no ability to stop anyone from conceiving. It is considered I believe a Civil Rights issue. A dear friend of mine is a foster parent and works with children and their parents. Some of the parents are prostitutes with six drug exposed children, but nobody ever makes a move to stop the woman from being able to reproduce. The best the Government can do is remove a child at birth, under very specific circumstances, and they do try hard to place these kids with family. The mothers are not jailed for producing multiple drug exposed children for child abuse. I think Nomad actually did what we have the power to do. And she is lucky that her daughter agrees. Nomad, I wish my daughter would have agreed to such an arrangement. The severely mentally ill are allowed to have children. Many do. I am not sure if certain people with severe cognitive disabilities can be stopped from having children against their will. I doubt it, but I really don't know. Our mentally ill population can only receive treatment if they consent. This even includes severe schizophrenia. And they can have kids, right or wrong. Since there is no way to test scientifically for mental illness....perhaps that makes this a more slippery slope? You have my heartfelt prayers. Again. I wish our hands were not tied. [/QUOTE]
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