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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: average joe who wrote (17266)	6/22/2001 12:49:49 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

C.R.A.C.K. Program, Which Pays Men and Women Drug Addicts to Be Sterilized or Obtain Long-term Birth Control, Comes to Nashville! NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- C.R.A.C.K. which offers $200 to men and women that are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol to obtain long-term birth control, or be sterilized, will be opening its Nashville chapter on June 25, 2001. In attendance will be founder and director Barbara Harris, who will share her reasons for founding such a controversial program, as well as discussing her having adopted four of eight children from the same substance abusing mother. Also, the organization's Nashville volunteer coordinator, who is the foster mother of seven of 10 siblings born to an addict woman with AIDS will share her touching story. Other community supporters will also be in attendance. To date this national organization has volunteers throughout the United States including chapters in Seattle, Detroit, Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, Chicago, among others. C.R.A.C.K. has paid 452 clients, including 5 men, to obtain long-term birth control. Prior to obtaining birth control, these women had a total of 2,492 pregnancies, and a tragic 825 abortions. Further statistics can be obtained via the C.R.A.C.K. website at www.cashforbirthcontrol.com. Don't miss this opportunity to cover an extraordinary program, that has national implications. Press conference will begin at 10:00 AM at: Sheraton Nashville Downtown 623 Union Street Nashville, TN 37219 615-259-2000 SOURCE C.R.A.C.K., Children Requiring A Caring Kommunity -0- 06/22/2001 /CONTACT: C.R.A.C.K., 714-901-9862/ /Web site: cashforbirthcontrol.com CO: C.R.A.C.K., Children Requiring A Caring Kommunity ST: Tennessee IN: HEA