Sterilisation legal bid withdrawn – BBC News

“A legal attempt to sterilise a 21-year-old mother with ‘significant learning difficulties’ to prevent further pregnancies has been withdrawn.”

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BBC News, 20th April 2011

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Mother’s legal plea to sterilise her daughter remains unresolved – The Guardian

“The mother of a young woman with learning difficulties who is pregnant with her second child broke down in tears as she pleaded with a high court judge to allow her daughter to be forcibly sterilised for her own protection.”

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The Guardian, 15th February 2011

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Court to rule on sterilisation of pregnant woman – The Independent

“A controversial court that still holds its hearing in private will decide tomorrow whether a pregnant woman with learning difficulties should be forcibly sterilised once she gives birth.”

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The Independent, 14th February 2011

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Woman with learning difficulties could be forcibly sterilised – Daily Telegraph

“A woman with learning difficulties could be forcibly sterilised after she gives birth this week to stop her becoming pregnant again.”

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Daily Telegraph, 14th February 2011

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Paedophiles to be offered form of chemical castration – Daily Telegraph

“Convicted paedophiles are being offered chemical castration for the first time in the UK to help manage their sexual behaviour.”

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Daily Telegraph, 26th August 2008

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