Not that I agree with being given this "choice" and I use the term quite generously here, 1). This is not the same as criminalizing non-compliance because thes

Not that I agree with being given this "choice" and I use the term quite generously here, 1). This is not the same as criminalizing non-compliance because these people are not in jail for refusing a vasectomy. I do not agree with the Judge giving them the opportunity to get out early by surrendering their reproductive rights or my forgoing those rights temporarily in the case of women, these people are in jail for breaking the law not for refusing birth control. 2). I know that there are genetic conditions that cause serious birth defects and a life of unrelenting pain and suffering. I know that sterilization is offered by some in the medical community but I am unaware of anything like that being criminalizes. If it is that is in fact disgusting. 3). At one time people in institutions and those with mental retardation or mental illness have been sterilized without their consent. Times have changed and that is no longer acceptable in the US, thankfully, but even back when this was considered acceptable and widely practiced, it was not criminal for a family to refuse.