Reply #56: It doesn't, it just prevents consequences [View All]

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which is why I think it's deplorable. It doesn't do a damned thing to eliminate the problem it just hushes it up and makes it easier to hide. My point was that it's not done for the good of the patient AT ALL. It's done so that there's no messy pregnancy to deal with. Even aside from the risk of sexual abuse for the most helpless of patients, mentally handicapped people who go through puberty don't magically loose their sexuality. There's also the possibility of consentual (but not really consentual) sex. It's nothing more than involuntary sterilization for the convenience of caregivers.

We know for a fact that involuntary sterilzation used to be commonplace. I think it's still widely practiced but they call it something else. Again, all the mentally handicapped people I know are 30+ so maybe things really have changed an awful lot but think it's probably still more common than one would imagine.

Does that make more sense?