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  • Title: Parents' attitudes toward sterilization of their mentally retarded children.
    Author: Wolf L, Zarfas DE.
    Journal: Am J Ment Defic; 1982 Sep; 87(2):122-9. PubMed ID: 7124822.
    Abstract:
    Parents' attitude toward sterilization and the sexuality of their retarded offspring were identified. Parent and child characteristics associated with these attitudes were investigated. A random sample of parents with mentally retarded offspring under age 40 was selected from three countries in southwestern Ontario. Of this sample 55 percent responded to a mailed questionnaire. Results indicated a high percentage of parental agreement with sterilization: involuntary sterilization, 71 percent; voluntary, 67 percent.
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