Editing Project Prevention (section)

== Activities ==
Project Prevention says their main goal is to promote awareness of the dangers of using drugs during pregnancy.<ref name="ppobj">[http://projectprevention.org/objectives/ "Objectives"]. Project Prevention. Retrieved 2 August 2011.</ref> They are better known, however, for paying [[drug addict]]s cash for volunteering for long-term [[birth control]], including [[Human sterilization (surgical procedure)|sterilization]]. The organization offers US$300 (£200 in the UK) to each participant. ''[[The New York Times]]'' reports that the organization initially offered more money to women who chose [[tubal ligation]]s and men who chose [[vasectomy|vasectomies]] than to those who chose long-term birth control like [[intrauterine device]]s, but criticism forced them to adopt a flat rate.<ref name="nytsel">{{Cite news |last=Vega |first=Cecilia M. |date=2003-01-06 |title=Sterilization Offer to Addicts Reopens Ethics Issue |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/06/nyregion/sterilization-offer-to-addicts-reopens-ethics-issue.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529135837/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/06/nyregion/sterilization-offer-to-addicts-reopens-ethics-issue.html |archive-date=2024-05-29 |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> To receive the money, clients must show evidence they have been arrested on a drug-related offence, or provide a doctor's certificate saying they use drugs, and further evidence is needed confirming that the birth-control procedure has taken place.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8500285.stm "Should drug addicts be paid to get sterilised?"]. [[BBC News]]. 8 February 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.</ref> The organization keeps statistics on its activities through survey forms that all participants fill out, before any procedure is completed. As of July 2024, out of 8,122 clients it had paid: 4,956 (61%) were [[white people|white]]; 1,714 (21.1%) [[black people|black]]; 845 (10.4%) [[Hispanic]]; 597 (7.4%) other.<ref name="statistics"/>