Days after a British judge ruled it was in the best interests of a developmentally disabled woman to have an abortion, the Court of Appeal decided in favor of the woman’s mother, who opposes an abortion.
Tag: Intellectual Disabilities
U.K. Court Says Mentally Disabled Woman Must Have Abortion
A judge called her decision “heartbreaking,” but in the best interest of the woman, who is 22 weeks pregnant.
Japan to Compensate Forcibly Sterilized Patients, Decades After the Fact
Under a eugenics law repealed in 1996, thousands of Japanese were sterilized because of intellectual disabilities, mental illness or genetic disorders.