Republican Wants To Sterilize People

Republican Wants to Sterilize Parents with ‘Bad’ Children

“What we’ve got is a failure in society, whether it’s in Mount Pleasant with yuppie parents or whether it’s on the East Side with poor crackhead parents,” Shirley said Friday. “We pick up stray animals and spay them. These mothers need to be spayed if they can’t take care of theirs. … Once they have a child and it’s running the streets, to let them continue to have children is totally unacceptable.” Deadbeat dads might ought to be sterilized as well, he said.

Politician Says to 'Spay' Moms of Criminal Kids

A Charleston City Council member, reacting to a video store holdup believed to have been carried out by children, said parents who couldn't properly care for their kids should be sterilized.

"We pick up stray animals and spay them," Larry Shirley said in a story in the Post and Courier newspaper. "These mothers need to be spayed if they can't take care of theirs."