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http://hdl.handle.net/1880/49696| Title: | Eugenics and Leilani Muir |
| Authors: | Bowal, Peter Pecson, Kelsey |
| Keywords: | MUIR, Leilani;STERILIZATION (Birth control) |
| Issue Date: | May-2011 |
| Publisher: | Legal Resource Centre of Alberta Ltd. (LRC) |
| Citation: | Bowal, P. & Pecson, K. (2011). Eugenics and Leilani Muir. Lawnow, 35(5), 49-52. |
| Abstract: | The article discusses the case of Leilani Muir where she underwent sexual sterilization due to the allege mental condition in Alberta. It cites that Alberta and British Columbia enforce state-imposed sexual sterilization to mentally disabled persons to avoid mentally offsprings. However, it explains that Muir receives compensation after she filed a case against the people involved and her mother and other sterilization victims. |
| Description: | Article deposited after permission was granted by LRC, June 11, 2013. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/49696 |
| ISSN: | 0841-2626 |
| Appears in Collections: | Bowal, Peter |
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