Prevent Child Abuse

Re “Caring for Addicts’ Children,” Aug. 10: Parents who place their children in emotional and physical danger by creating drug dens, like parents who are convicted of the production or possession of child pornography, should be sterilized before receiving any treatment, before serving any sentence and before being released back into communities they did their best to destroy the first time around.

No one has the right to have or keep children they neglect and abuse. No one has the right to children unless they can demonstrate that they can rear them in a safe, clean, loving environment. The answer is clear, but do Californians have the moral certainty and the political will?

Ray Shelton

Glendale