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RIGHT TO BE DISABLED?

RIGHT TO BE DISABLED?

Should intellectually disabled people be allowed to have children?

Internationally there are many instancces of disabled female children being sterilised - it is extremely rare for this to happen to males. The primary reason is said to be to make them more 'manageable', particularly in regard to menstruation. Here are some links to read:

http://www.smh.com.au/national/sterilisation-first-option-for-the-disabled-20130101-2c48m.html

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1177083X.2012.724693#tabModule

This link is especially relevant to New Zeland:

http://tvnz.co.nz/breakfast-news/lack-information-sterilisation-disabled-children-video-5706474

Should disabled parents actually be helped to have children?

What do you think?

 

It is proposed that all intellectually disabled people should be helped to have children

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