Reply #153: Women have 100% rights over their body. However, if this woman

[southernyankeebelle]

you mention was on crack why didn't the courts take the children away in the first place? That is where it should have happened. She should be forced to get cleaned or lose your child, period. Now in the state I live in If a woman wants to have her tubes tied after 2 children the doctors won't due it. They will do it after 3 children. They said because you may want another child. Who are the doctors to tell me that. I had one child and had alot of trouble carrying a baby. I only gained 3 pds and that was in the last month. I kept losing weight. I had alot of medical issues. I had my child at 32. So my husband and I talked and we decided we didn't want any more kids. He decided to get fixed. He was in the military and we were stationed overseas. The doctor wouldn't do it because we had one child. We tried to explain but it was against his religion. He referred us to the family practice doctor. We went to visit him and talked to him about it and he had no problem. We have been married 32 yrs. We never regretted that decision. We have one child and he has a child and a stepchild and wants at least one more. He loves kids. I never looked back on my decision. It is still in the womans hands because it is her body. Don't bring your religion into my decisions.