Praxius,
That's false. My preferred method of birth contol was the depo provera injection. I was on it for 8 years. It only took 8 months for my body to re-adjust to normal cycles.
Depo-Provera > Thinking about using Depo-Provera?
I like it too. It's pretty much a no brainier. If you can't take care of your children because you have a drug problem, don't have them until you are in a position to put their basic needs above your chemical dependency.
However, I do not advocate sterilization unless someone has been convicted of certain cases of child neglect and all cases of physical abuse proving they are unfit parents.
I would advocate the use of norplant or an IUD over depo provera. The injections have to be given quarterly in order to be effective. The other two options are more invasive at first but require less maintenance in the long run. All three are reversible.
All three of my children were born in Richmond's only inner city hospital, the same city where this woman started her campaign. It's a state run teaching hospital and the least expensive. I remember being the only mother that was breast feeding her children. Drugs cross over in a mother's breast milk. It's no wonder inner cities are targeted.