Tilley, Elizabeth; Earle, Sarah and Walmsley, Jan
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Abstract
In this chapter we focus on the sterilization of women with intellectual disabilities. We offer an international perspective, although one which draws predominantly on evidence from modern western societies, with a special focus on the UK context. In part it is a historical review, since the practice of involuntary sterilization is now subject to strict legal regulation. However, despite developments in Human Rights and Mental Capacity legislation, lack of control over contraceptive and reproductive choices continues to feature in the lives of women with intellectual disabilities. While the mass involuntary sterilization of women with intellectual disabilities is no longer a feature of current policy and practice in western societies, other forms of reproductive control – notably the use of long-term contraception such as Depo Provera1 - appear to be commonly used. In this chapter we draw upon the authors’ interests in oral history, life story approaches, social policy and health sociology to explore this hidden area of reproductive loss.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2012 Ashgate |
| ISBN: | 1-4094-2810-9, 978-1-4094-2810-7 |
| Keywords: | reproduction; reproductive loss; pregnancy loss, reproductive health; fertility; death; bereavement; death; learning disability; intellectual disabilities; health studies; sociology |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Health and Social Care > Health and Social Care |
| Item ID: | 33703 |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Earle |
| Date Deposited: | 21 May 2012 08:39 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2012 04:57 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/33703 |
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