Azoeb.net |Re F (Mental patient sterilisation) [1990]

Re F (Mental patient sterilisation) [1990]
Facts:
F was a 36 year old woman. She had a serious mental disability caused by an infection when she was a baby. She had been a voluntary in patient in a mental hospital since the age of 14. She had the verbal capacity of a child of two and the mental capacity of a child of 4. She developed a sexual relationship with a fellow patient. Her mother and medical staff at the hospital were concerned that she would not cope with pregnancy and child birth and would not be able to raise a child herself. Other methods of contraceptives were not practical for her. They sought a declaration that it would be lawful for her to be sterilised. F was incapable of giving valid consent since she did not appreciate the implications of the operation.
Held:
The declaration was granted. It would be lawful for the doctors to operate without her consent.

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