A plea bargain is so inherently coercive that reproductive decisions cannot constitutionally be part of the package.
No one can deny that reproductive decisions are important in a person's life.
Some raised questions about whether the state can - or indeed should - regulate complicated sexual and reproductive decisions.
It's been separated out, unnaturally so, from the other reproductive decisions women make.
But do incentives involving reproductive decisions really work?
This incident is a poignant reminder that personal reproductive decisions are best left in the hands of women and out of the courts.
This control over their reproductive decisions allowed women to more easily make long-term decisions about their education and professional opportunities.
Indeed, Elizabeth Dole even got support from people who opposed women making their own reproductive decisions.
The parents state that this information would have influenced their reproductive decisions.
She does research on the role of men in reproductive decisions, and also performs vasectomies.