So your suggestion is to use forced sterilization to prevent abortions? And in the event people will not submit to a sterilization, they will face jail time? Also, it is not entirely clear from your description--the woman would be allowed to have the second abortion and would then have to submit to sterilization? Would men be required to get a vasectomy (note that both vasectomies and tubal ligations can be reversible) after two women they impregnate have abortions? How would that be fair, given it is not the man's choice? How fair would it be on the flip-side that men could impregnate many women who have abortions, but women can only be impregnated and abort twice? Also, what is this system? You're suggesting a nationwide abortion tracking system with tons of sensitive personal information in it? I guess my real question is, How practical is your suggestion? It seems to me that you really just want to limit abortions to emergency situations and prevent "repeat offenders." There are probably better ways to do this than using the penal system or state enforced sterilization. What if prices (ie through taxes) went up for subsequent abortions? Not saying I like the idea, but it sounds a lot better than sterilizing women or throwing them in jail...