Spectre of Eugenics Rises in Louisiana
A Louisiana lawmaker has an unconventional way of dealing with the poor. Representative John LaBruzzo (R-District 81) of Metairie recently suggested paying poor women $1,000 if they will consent to be sterilized. The suggestion has been rebuked by New Orleans Archbishop Alfred Hughes, who called it "blatantly anti-life." Katy Walker with the American Life League (ALL) explains LaBruzzo's plan further. "Louisiana State Representative John LaBruzzo has decided he's going to pay poor women a thousand dollars a piece to be sterilized -- sterilize themselves to end poverty," she says. "He's going to eliminate poverty by eliminating the poor."