It sounds cruel and cold-hearted, but it sounds a lot nicer than the screams of a cocaine-addicted baby thrashing against restraints in an intensive care nursery crib. Harris is familiar with those sounds. She adopted four of eight babies born to one crack-addicted mother. All are thriving, thanks to their stable, nurturing environment, but they're among the lucky few.

Having nursed her four kids through scream-filled nights and the jitters of drug withdrawal, Harris was tormented by the fates of all the other drug-addicted babies. In 1997 she founded CRACK, Children Requiring a Caring Kommunity. It has received a lot of praise and well as criticism. The program is a great idea, and one that should be welcomed with open arms throughout the United States and the rest of the world.

This program requires drug addicts to have their tubes tied or to get long-term birth c

Any human being that doesn’t care about popping out babies left and right, year after year; that knows they will probably have to grow up without a maternal mother, or won’t even have the chance to grow up, is being done a tremendous favor by the organization. As far as criticism goes, these people are in no place to say anything; the fact of the matter is a drug addict is a drug addict. Drugs are illegal, and these people ruined their own lives through the use of these drugs. This in no way gives them the power to decide to bring helpless babies into this world.

Critics also point out that some of these women are not in a healthy state of mind when making these decisions that can be life changing. “Treatment, not Sterilization, is the Way to Help Drug Addicted Moms,” by Paltrow and Newman, points out the process that women go through to get the money. The woman must show up for an interview, fill out a questionnaire, get a physical exam, wait 30 days, undergo a surgical procedure, and submit a letter confirming she’s been sterilized. This is quite a long process to endure and stay on top of; no one of an unstable mind would be able to go through it.

A contributor to this program, said it best,” As far

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