Man given vasectomy by mistake after complaining about waiting times – Daily Telegraph

‘A hospital doctor who gave a man a vasectomy by mistake after he complaint about waiting for another procedure has admitted misconduct charges.’

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Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2016

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Judge authorises sterilisation of mother-of-six with learning disabilities – The Guardian

Posted February 5th, 2015 in learning difficulties, news, sterilisation by sally

‘A mother-of-six with learning disabilities can be sterilised, a judge has ruled.’

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The Guardian, 4th February 2015

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First judicial order for non-therapeutic male sterilisation – Sovereign Chambers

Posted September 3rd, 2013 in consent, learning difficulties, news, sterilisation by sally

“A father has become the first man to be sterilised on the orders of a court after a judge ruled that it was ‘in his best interests’. It is the first time in this jurisdiction that a court has made orders permitting the sterilisation for non-therapeutic reasons of a male unable to consent to such a procedure.”

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Sovereign Chambers, 30th August 2013

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Sterilising an incapacitous male patient: an unnecessary decision? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

“For the first time a court has sanctioned the sterilisation of an incapacitous male patient: see An NHS Trust v DE and others: [2013] EWHC 2562 (Fam): Mrs Justice Eleanor King in the Court of Protection: judgment handed down on 16 August 2013.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 27th August 2013

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High Court upholds autonomy over fatherhood for learning disabled man – UK Human Rights Blog

“For the first time a UK court has permitted non therapeutic sterilisation of a male individual who, through learning disabilities, was unable to consent to such a procedure.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 20th August 2013

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Court sanctions sterilisation of man with learning difficulties – The Guardian

Posted August 16th, 2013 in learning difficulties, news, psychiatric damage, sterilisation by tracey

“A high court judge has for the first time sanctioned the sterilisation of a man because it is ‘in his best interests. ‘ ”

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The Guardian, 16th August 2013

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High Court ruling due in man’s sterilisation case – BBC News

Posted August 16th, 2013 in learning difficulties, news, psychiatric damage, sterilisation by tracey

“A High Court judge is due to give her decision on whether to allow the first sterilisation of a man because it is ‘in his best interests.’ ”

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BBC News, 16th August 2013

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Man with learning difficulties could be forcibly sterilised in UK first – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 5th, 2013 in children, Court of Protection, learning difficulties, news, sterilisation by sally

“A man with learning difficulties could become the first in the country to have a vasectomy on the orders of a judge in a case lawyers insist is ‘not covered by a shadow of eugenics’.”

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Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2013

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NHS Trust in court battle to sterilise disabled man – Daily Telegraph

“An NHS trust is fighting a court battle to sterilise a man with moderate learning difficulties.”

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Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2013

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Judge blocks sterilisation of Down’s Syndrome woman – Daily Telegraph

“The parents of a ‘tactile’ and ‘affectionate’ woman with Down’s syndrome have been forbidden from having her sterilised to ally their fears that she might become pregnant.”

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Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2013

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Paedophiles chemically castrated in British jail – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 13th, 2012 in news, prisons, recidivists, sexual offences, sterilisation by sally

Around one hundred child sex offenders have undergone chemical castration under a government programme to reduce the likelihood of them reoffending.

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Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2012

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Sterilisation legal bid withdrawn – BBC News

Posted April 21st, 2011 in Court of Protection, news, reporting restrictions, sterilisation by sally

“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

Posted February 15th, 2011 in Court of Protection, learning difficulties, news, sterilisation by sally

“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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Related: Test case over sterilisation puts court of protection under public scrutiny

Court to rule on sterilisation of pregnant woman – The Independent

Posted February 15th, 2011 in Court of Protection, learning difficulties, news, sterilisation by sally

“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

Posted February 14th, 2011 in learning difficulties, news, sterilisation by sally

“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

Posted August 27th, 2008 in news, sexual offences, sterilisation by sally

“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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