Project Prevention Founder Offers Drug Users Money to be Sterilized

From oregonlive.com: Barbara Harris drove her RV gingerly through Portland, Oregon and staked her territory beneath the Burnside Bridge, one of the first stops on her cross-country mission as head of Project Prevention, a foundation that offers $300 to drug users willing to be sterilized or use long-term birth control.

Harris founded her program in 1998. Originally called C.R.A.C.K. -- Children Requiring a Caring Kommunity -- it immediately attracted attention and criticism. Supporters call Harris a hero. Detractors label her tactics as modern-day eugenics.

Harris dismisses it all. "I don't care what anyone says. It's just not OK to take drugs and have a baby," she said. "If I got drunk and drove my car and killed someone, I'd get put in jail, and nobody would argue. Well, drug addicts who have babies have victims, too. They're called children."

Rest of Article. . . [Mark Godsey]