New Zealand Herald, By Kathy Marks, 10 March 2010
“In a ruling that has divided doctors and disability organisations, the Family Court has granted the parents of a profoundly disabled Queensland girl permission to have her undergo a hysterectomy. But the case has reignited the debate about the rights of disabled young people. Therese Sands, executive director of People with Disability Australia, said: “It is our view that nobody has the right to sterilise a child – not a judge, not a parent, not unless it’s a matter of life or death.”
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