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Show 56 .At caaes made the State there sent were sterile6 charged but statu;.7 Hospital, Others for several the woulQ sterilized of the express purpose not probably are have been di8- there individual cases; tution policy of making the procreative age contingen t upon are no cessary condition when that of 38 s t erl 01·lza tolon. sterilizations performed at Indus the a ne to discharge at the state Training institution increases its 36. Such as Cases Nos. 4,5, 8,9,19,25,66, 37. Such as Cases Nos. 1, 13,23, 38. California has insti no Sterilization could easily become trial School. tfSo far is dischage.of. patients . School, being for their infertile--sometimes unsexed- These There of a activities and others. and others. definite policy: . the mentally defioient are oonoerned., re lease has always been oontingent upon sterilization. How ever, there has been no particular diffioulty about get ting consent for steri).lzatlon so it would. be' Lnc or-r ec t to suppose that a lot of patients are being kept in ous tody who, if they would aocept sterilization, might be re leased.Release of a psychopathic patient is not often oontingent upon sterilization. I doubt if one oase in a hundred would be so oonsidered. ff Dr. Paul Popenoe, letter of May 18, 1933. ttl as e do, have several cases deferred because of refusal for sterilization, but consent is usually secured later by the relatives; in fact e have only sterilized probably a. half dozen cases without the consent of the relatives vhere we felt they should have this operation before being returned to society. In fact, we have many requests 'for sterilization before we have an opportunity to make offi cial request, indicating that the publio is beooming quite eduaated along this line.fJ Dr. F.O.Butler, letter oit. |
