Editing Project Prevention (section)

== United Kingdom ==
Project Prevention began operating in the UK in 2010. In May 2010 a woman, not an addict, was leaving a clinic in Glasgow in what she described as "the Possilpark area—it's a well-known area for drugs" accompanied by her nine-year-old son when she was approached by three women who said they were from the organization and who offered her £200 if she agreed to be sterilized. The woman said the same group had been approaching other women, and she later informed Strathclyde police, who advised anyone approached in a similar way to contact them.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/10143746.stm "Woman offered '£200 to be sterilised'"]. [[BBC News]]. 23 May 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.</ref> The first UK client was "John", a drug user since the age of 12, who accepted money to have a vasectomy, saying he should never be a father.<ref name=BBC17Oct10>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11545519 "Charity offers UK drug addicts £200 to be sterilised"]. [[BBC News]]. 17 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.</ref>

The organization has been criticized in the UK. [[Addaction]], an addiction charity, said its practices are "morally reprehensible and irrelevant".<ref>Taylor, Jerome. [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/charity-that-sterilises-addicts-to-come-to-uk-1940722.html "Charity that sterilises addicts to come to UK"]. ''[[The Independent]]''. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2011.</ref> Martin Barnes, CEO of [[DrugScope]], said the organization's activities were exploitative, ethically dubious, and morally questionable.<ref>[http://www.drugscope.org.uk/ourwork/pressoffice/pressreleases/Project_Prevention_Statement "Project Prevention is "exploitative, ethically dubious and morally questionable" says DrugScope"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028211249/http://www.drugscope.org.uk/ourwork/pressoffice/pressreleases/Project_Prevention_Statement |date=2010-10-28 }}. [[DrugScope]]. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.</ref> Harris admitted her methods amounted to bribery, but said it was the only way to stop babies being physically and mentally damaged by drugs during pregnancy. The [[British Medical Association]] (BMA) said it did not have a view on the organization:
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As with all requests for treatment, doctors need to be confident that the individual has the capacity to make the specific decision at the time the decision is required. The BMA's ethics committee also believes that doctors should inform patients of the benefits of reversible contraception so that the patients have more reproductive choices in the future.<ref name=BBC17Oct10/>
</blockquote> On 18 October 2010, the [[BBC]] broadcast a program, ''Sterilising the Addicts'', about the organization.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vhdw9 Inside Out London – 18/10/2010]. [[BBC]]. Retrieved 21 October 2010.</ref> A similar program, ''Addicts: No Children Allowed'', was broadcast in Scotland by [[BBC Scotland]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vfjg3 "Addicts: No Children Allowed"]. [[BBC]]. Retrieved 21 October 2010.</ref>