Is it legal to sterilize addicts?

Stuff You Should Know

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4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2011

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

It's a controversial idea, to say the least: If evidence shows that addicts tend to be irresponsible, abusive parents, then why should they have children at all? In this podcast, Josh and Chuck explore the practice (and legality) of sterilizing addicts.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
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0:30.4	Brought to you by the reinvented 2012 Camry.
0:33.3	It's ready for you.
0:35.8	Welcome to Stuffy Should Know, GrimhouseStuffWorks.com.
0:45.9	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
0:47.4	I'm Josh Clark.
0:48.4	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
0:50.6	That makes this Stuffy Should Know, The Podcast, The Addiction.
0:55.4	Right?
0:56.3	Yay!
0:57.0	I was just realizing I was giving all kinds of awesome sign language but no one can see that.
1:01.7	I could see it.
1:02.6	Just having a beneficial effect on me.
1:04.6	Pumping you up.
1:05.5	Yeah.
1:06.5	Chuck?
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