Question for the right wingers

[jinx]

Originally posted by wolf


I thought that there had been families that tried to have their mentally retarded children steralized that were refused by the courts because the individual's rights superceded those of the parent's desire.

Who would have brought this issue before the court though? If both parents and the doctors were on board with it, and the child was retarded... who filed suit? Is it possible that it was a custody dispute kind of thing?

My mother's friend was advised by her severely retarded son's doctor to have him sterilized. She did.
Jim, you should ask your mother (teacher at Deveraux) about this issue... how commonn sterilization is etc..