Oklahoma woman heeds suggestion of judge to get sterilized
Source: Associated Press
Updated 4:09 pm, Wednesday, February 7, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma woman convicted of using a counterfeit check had herself medically sterilized at the suggestion of the judge, who said he would consider it during her sentencing.
U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot made the suggestion to 34-year-old Summer Thyme Creel in June, The Oklahoman reported. In his order, the judge noted that Creel had relinquished her parental rights to six of her seven children.
"Comparing the dates of Ms. Creel's periods of habitual use of crack cocaine and methamphetamine ... with the dates of birth of her seven children, it appears highly likely that some of Ms. Creel's children were conceived, carried and born while Ms. Creel was a habitual user of these illicit substances," the judge wrote in his order.
Friot said he can consider anything about Creel's background, character and conduct during sentencing.
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I must say that if she's given up six of her seven children and is regularly using drugs while pregnant and caring for children, I have to think she did the right thing. I know what a child's home life is like when one's mother uses drugs. 
