Should prisoners with long sentences have procreation rights or should they be denied?

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Should prisoners with long sentences have procreation rights or should they be denied?

https://supreme.findlaw.com/legal-commentary/do-prisoners-have-a-constitutional-right-to-procreate-via-fedex.html

https://www.indialegallive.com/special-story/procreation-rights-for-prisoners-judgment-with-a-human-touch-43425

Think if you received a 30 year prison sentence. Should you, if a man be allowed to send sperm to your wife or girlfriend to impregnate her, if you want to procreate? Since they won't allow sex during visitation by allowing rooms for it, this seems like a good alternative. I think it is unjust to deny a person in prison procreation rights. I think in rare situations where the prisoner is sexually violent or committed acts against minors, either physically or sexually, then denying it is more justified.

If you are a woman, should your husband or boyfriend be allowed to send sperm to the prison for you to get an attempt to get pregnant on? It seems very just.

Please share your views on how you feel about the prison system denying people their procreation rights! I don't know of any American prison that allows this. If you do, please give me details!

Allowed always

Vote A

Allowed but only during parts of the year

Vote B

Allowed unless they have sexual violence history

Vote C

Denied always

Vote D

Denied unless they are married and get written permission from their partner or spouse

Vote E

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Flower7 Master
+1 y
Interesting idea. I never thought about this. But it is true that if someone is in jail throughout their most fertile years, or if they were given a life sentence, they could indeed loose their opportunity to have children. However, I can't imagine why someone WOULD want to have children with a prisoner. The person obviously won't be involved in the child's life while incarcerated and also has a known criminal history.

If someone does make this choice, it doesn't seem like a very complicated thing to hand off a small container of sperm at a visit. I don't see why there would need to be a whole legal issue about it. It seems like no one would even have to know about it.
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- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  Please vote, madam Flower7!
- Flower7
  +1 y
  I can't vote because this issue has both good and bad points. I'm not sure whether I'm for or against it.
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  Okay. I should have given an undecided option. What are good things about prisoners procreating and what are bad things about prisoners procreating?
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- Flower7
  +1 y
  Bad: -Can create more single-parent households. -The more criminals who have children, the more children who will be born with deviant behavior in their genetics. -Complicates life for the parent on the outside, to be tied to a person they barely even get to see by a pregnancy and eventually a child. Good: -With the ridiculous amount of abortions going on, maybe this could balance things out a little bit, by creating extra births. -Being childless is like an extra sentence in itself. The punishment is supposed to be for the prisoner to not have freedom. But it could also carry over to that person never being able to have any children during their entire lifetime, which is permanent and irreversible. That's too much of a punishment for someone who didn't commit a very horrible crime. -If the prisoner is indeed married, as you spoke of, this would be a way for the family to continue, even throughout this difficult time of one parent being incarcerated.
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  I don't necessarily agree their offspring will be deviant just because their dad or mom was but them knowing their parent was a criminal could give them the idea that it is okay to disobey and break the societal rules.
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  Yes. I bet you will think on this and tell your man in your life. Were you shocked that this was finally mentioned by a g@g user with concerns? Many are like you and never thought about this. They are trying to pass procreation rights laws for prisoners.
- Flower7
  +1 y
  I didn't say the offspring necessarily WOULD be deviant. But they would be predisposed to it. Just like all children of alcoholics don't become alcoholics, but they have a bigger risk of it than the general population.
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  Yes. Will you discuss this with your man? Not saying one of you with go to prison. Just from the perspective if they agree or disagree with procreation rights for prisoners. Many people would leave their partner if they became imprisoned and not consider procreating with them.
- Flower7
  +1 y
  I don't have a man.
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  If you had a man, would you discuss that?
- Flower7
  +1 y
  I'm almost past the age of procreation, so I don't think it would really be an issue.
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  Not really. Janet Jackson gave birth at age 49. She was 15 years older then than you currently are at age 34.
- Flower7
  +1 y
  I still have to find a man first though. Who knows how long that could take lol.
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  Do you think I'd make a good enough man for you?
- Flower7
  +1 y
  Yeah, probably. You seem like a good guy.
jesshikasanchez Xper 4
+1 y
Shouldn't they be allowed to fuck their wife's once a week?
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- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  Yes but if in prison, they'd need visits.
- jesshikasanchez
  +1 y
  Well ya but like they allow his wife to visit and them have sex..
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  They should but don't know of any prisons that allow it.
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- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  What if the woman is the prisoner?
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  Then allow him to visit.
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  If both are prisoners, then no visits are possible.
- jesshikasanchez
  +1 y
  Yes allow him to visit fuck his wife and go home
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  Did you vote A? I like your thinking.
- jesshikasanchez
  +1 y
  No i didn't see it had a poll my bad

Most Helpful Guys

AdithyaR Yoda
+1 y
Well the purpose of a jail is to isolate you from normal society.
It's a punishment. Especially long sentences generally mean the convict committed some big crime. So they shouldn't be allowed.
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- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  But that's too excessive of a punishment. If he is imprisoned and his wife approves of his sperm, he should have a constitutional right to procreate. Some countries are recognizing the unfairness of this and enacting laws allowing procreation rights of prisoners, both male and female.
- AdithyaR
  +1 y
  Well I guess it depends on the crime. What kind of a criminal they are. Even then, what they should incase the convict wishes to procreate is, have the man collect his sperm sample and artificially have it fertilised in his wife. That way they can procreate without having sex, seems fair enough.
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  Yes. What if convict is a woman? Or both are in prison? You can send them prison to prison. That's too tedious. That's how I was advocating for. Not to have sex during visitation hours. I think both male and female prisoners should have the right to procreate, unless he or she has a serious sexual nature charge, especially against minors.
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- AdithyaR
  +1 y
  Yeah I guess so
TwoToTooTutu2 Yoda
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Ever heard of a Conjugal visit?
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- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  Wow. So prisoners can get sex weekly from their man or woman? Would you rather never get sex again or have sex weekly as a prisoner with your wife?
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/.../states-that-allow-conjugal-visits
  
  Only 6 states allow conjugal visits: California, Connecticut, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, Washington. California is only one that allows homosexual sex.
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  Federal prisoners are not allowed conjugal visits and only 6 state prisons allow it once per month from 1 hour to up to 3 days.
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- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  Both federal prisoners and state prisoners are allowed to donate sperm and female prisoners can procreate too.
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  According to the Criminal Justice Institute, as of Jan. 1, 1989, 10 states allowed conjugal visits: California, Connecticut, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, South Carolina, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. 4 States no longer allow of those 10: Minnesota, South Carolina, Utah and Wyoming
- TwoToTooTutu2
  +1 y
  Okay?
- Cryptic-Game
  +1 y
  What are your thoughts on conjugal visits? Also, why do all prisoners have procreation rights but not having sex rights?
- TwoToTooTutu2
  +1 y
  I'm not really knowledgeable on how it effects prisoners.