[GovernmentShrinker]

This approach does not involve the government deciding who can or cannot have children, until AFTER someone has had a child and killed or severely abused it. I have no problem with the government deciding that people who have done such things can't be allowed to have any more children. And the death penalty obviously would also have the effect of the governemnt preventing her from having any more children.

[fr_freak]

This approach does not involve the government deciding who can or cannot have children, until AFTER someone has had a child and killed or severely abused it. I have no problem with the government deciding that people who have done such things can't be allowed to have any more children. And the death penalty obviously would also have the effect of the governemnt preventing her from having any more children.

The government has already assumed far too many powers not assigned it by the Constitution, so the last thing I want to see is it assuming the power to decide who can and cannot have children. This would set a precedent. Sterilization now for people who murder their babies, sterilization in 30 years for people who break the speed limit, and sterilization in 50 years for whomever the government damn well decides. If you scoff at that notion, just remember the evolution of the federal income tax system, asset forfeiture laws, etc, to see how the government incrementally moves toward totalitarianism.

Besides, this woman would be effectively sterilized if she had just been given the punishment she deserves: long-term imprisonment (at least until after menopause) or death.