Eugenics and Leilani Muir

Date
2011-05
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
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Publisher
Legal Resource Centre of Alberta Ltd. (LRC)
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.
Keywords
MUIR, Leilani, STERILIZATION (Birth control)
Citation
Bowal, P. & Pecson, K. (2011). Eugenics and Leilani Muir. Lawnow, 35(5), 49-52.