HE
HE DID
HE DID NOT PLEAD GUILTY TO ORIGINAL CHARGES. STRUCK A MOTHER FACING CHARGES
AND ACCUSED OF USING HEROIN
WHILE SHE WAS PREGNANT.
ACCORDING TO THE PAPER, WHEN
HER CHILD WAS BORN THEY WERE
ADDICTED TO DRUGS.
WE ARE UNCOVERING A CONTROVERSY
PUSH TO KEEP DRUG ADDICTS FROM
HAVING CHILDREN.
>> THIS NONPROFIT.
PROJECT PREVENTION HAS PAID
THOUSANDS OF ADDICTS CASH
INCENTIVES TO BE STERILIZED OR
PLACED ON LONG-TERM BIRTH
+@CONTROL.
ACCORDING TO DRUG ABUSE.GOV
EVERY 15 MINUTES FOR CHILD IS
BORN IN WITHDRAWAL FROM DRUGS.
WELL-PAYING ADDICTS TO GIVE UP
FE+@RTILITY IS PREVENTING DRUG
ADDICTED BABIES OTHERS BELIEVE
IT IS IMMORALLY STERILIZING +@
WOMEN WHO ARE NOT OF LEGALLY
SOUND MIND.
>> IT'S HARD TO MISS ON THIS
BUSY STRETCH OF THIS ROAD AND
CONCORDE.
A +@BLOWN UP PHOTO OF A PREGNAN
WOMAN SHOOTING HEROIN AND THIS.
>> IT'S STAGGERING TO SEE THIS
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.
IT HAS STARTED MANY
CONVERSATIONS.
>> BARBARA HARRIS IS THE WOMAN
BEHIND IT ALL.
HER NONPROFIT PROJECT
PREVENTION OFFERS DRUG ADDICTS
AND ALCOHOL $300 TO STOP HAVING
CHILDREN.
>> THEY CAN USE THE +@IUD, THE
NEXT PLAN, THE TUBE LOCATION.
>> THEY DON'T PERFORM THE
PROC+@EDURE THEY JUST PAY THEM
GET IT UNDER A DR. THEY GET
$300 TO BE STERILIZED.
STAGGERED PAYMENTS IF THEY
CHOOSE IMPLANTED BIRTH CONT+@RO
PROJECT PREVENTION HAS PAID
AROUND $8000 TO WOMEN OVER 20
YEARS.
>> ALL OF THE WOMEN WHO HAVE
CHOS+@EN TO BE STERILIZED HAD 3-
13 CHILDREN FIRST. +@
EVERYWOMAN THE HAS COME THROUGH
HAS HAD TO-15 ABORTIONS+@.
>> IF THESE WOMEN DON'T WANT
CHILDREN THEY CAN GET THEIR
BIRTH CONTROL COVERED, WHY ARE
THEY DOING IT?
>> THEY AREN'T THINKING ABOUT
ANYTHING BUT THEIR NE+@XT HIGH.
IF THEY CHOOSE TO USE THE MONEY
FOR DRUGS IT'S THEIR CHOICE.
MY CHILDREN DID HAVE A CHOICE.
>> SHE TALK ABOUT HER ADOPTED
CHILDREN.
FOR THEM ALL FROM THE SAME
ADDICTED MOTHER.
ALL OF THEM WERE BORN WITH
DRUGS IN THEIR SYSTEM.
>> WE BROUGHT THEM HOME AND
WALKED THE FORTNIGHT AND
WATCHED THEM SHAKE AND THROW UP
IN THE HOSPITAL HAS KIDS
SHAKING AND WITHDRAWING FROM
DRUGS.
THE MOTHERS GIVE BIRTH AND
LEAVE TO GO GET ANOTHER HIGH.
>> THIS WAS BORN FROM HER
FRUSTRATION.
HER UNIQUE MISSION HAS RECEIVED
SOME CRITICISM. +@
>> IS THIS PROJECT PREVENTION A
LITTLE MORE THAN EUGENICS
DRESSED UP IN A CLOAK OF
COMPASSION?
>> THOSE ARE GOING TO BE WOMEN
WHO ARE MARGINALIZED IN OUR
SOCIETY.
THESE WOMEN ARE BEING BRIBED TO
GIVE UP THEIR REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS.
>> SOME PEOPLE SAY THIS IS
RACIST AND WERE TARGETING
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, THAT IS A
VERY RACIST COMMENT BECAUSE YOU
ARE HEARING THAT WERE DEALING
WITH DRUG ADDICTS AND ASSUMING
THAT THEY ARE ALL BLACK.
>> THIS IS SUPPORTED BY HER
DAUGHTER.
>> KNOWING THAT I HAVE A DRUG
ADDICTION PROBLEM BROUGHT ON BY
HER BECAUSE SHE DID DRUGS WITH
HER SYSTEM.
IT MAKES ME MAD BECAUSE I
DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE.
>> NOW A TEACHER.
>> MAYBE THIS ISN'T WHAT YOU
+@
>> NOW A TEACHER. >> MAYBE THIS ISN'T WHAT YOU FEEL IS A BETH BEST SOLUTION.
>> EVEN AMID THE CONTROVERSY,
SHE RECEIVED ABOUT $200,000 IN
DONATIONS LAST YEAR.
>> WE ARE ABLE TO PAY +@WOMEN
DAILY.
>> IT'S AN EPID+@EMIC AND THESE
BABIES ARE BORN EVERY DAY AND I
BELIEVE IF YOU ARE BEING
RESPONSIBLE AND YOU