Funds for Sterilization

Re "Pay People Not to Have Kids," Voices, Nov. 6: As a Roman Catholic, I object to Robert Lanz's recommendation that a portion of my tax money be used to pay people not to have kids, and/or for sterilization at government expense.

It's not "government's" money--it is our money, and to those of us who hold the religious belief that conception is a gift from God that should not be interfered with by man, his recommendation is offensive and would force us to participate in contributing to someone else's sin.

Also, "voluntary" sterilization is only one step away from "mandatory" sterilization and government-regulated family planning. I'll stop paying taxes before I allow any of my hard-earned money to support this program.

DENISE GONZALEZ
San Gabriel