The forced sterilization of those whom society has rejected because of their race, economic standing, or mental condition rightfully brings to mind Planned Parenthood's founder, Margaret Sanger.  Adolf Hitler also comes to mind, with his absolute inhumane treatment of 400,000 fellow humans via forced sterilizations under his "Law for the Prevention of Progeny with Hereditary Diseases." But that was then, and this is now. And what happened under Sanger and Hitler couldn't happen in a society as "advanced" as ours -- or could it?  (Or is it?) In December 2010, the Boston Herald reported on Norfolk Probate and Family Court Judge Christina L. Harms' order to force a 32-year-old woman, referred to by the pseudonym "Mary Moe," to have an abortion and then to be sterilized -- all against the woman's consent. Harms' justification for her decision was Moe's mental state.  (One of Hitler's reasons for forcing women to be sterilized in the 1930s was "mental illness" as well.)...(Read Full Post)