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Women in the Netherlands deemed "unfit mothers" may soon be forced to take contraception, if a draft bill currently before the Dutch parliament is passed. The bill "targets women who have been the subject of judicial intervention due to their bad parenting," says its author, a member of the Netherlands' socialist Labour Party.
Under the proposed legislation, a woman judged unfit who refuses to take contraception and becomes pregnant would have her child taken away at birth. The infant then would be placed in a foster home.
While it's certain that such a measure could potentially prevent convicted child abusers from conceiving and abusing more children, many questions have been raised about the draft bill's potential impact on human rights in the Netherlands.
Wow. To me, this is absolutely shocking. I can appreciate the sentiment behind it, but doesn't this violate some form of right to privacy or to one's own body? Sounds like the Dutch are going too far with this one, and I certainly think it should fail.
Women in the Netherlands deemed "unfit mothers" may soon be forced to take contraception, if a draft bill currently before the Dutch parliament is passed. The bill "targets women who have been the subject of judicial intervention due to their bad parenting," says its author, a member of the Netherlands' socialist Labour Party.
Under the proposed legislation, a woman judged unfit who refuses to take contraception and becomes pregnant would have her child taken away at birth. The infant then would be placed in a foster home.
While it's certain that such a measure could potentially prevent convicted child abusers from conceiving and abusing more children, many questions have been raised about the draft bill's potential impact on human rights in the Netherlands.
Wow. To me, this is absolutely shocking. I can appreciate the sentiment behind it, but doesn't this violate some form of right to privacy or to one's own body? Sounds like the Dutch are going too far with this one, and I certainly think it should fail.