Australian Bill Allows for Sterilisations Without Parental Consent at Any Age

Following the call by ethicists for after-birth  abortions and the press explosion surrounding the ‘Euthanasia  Coaster‘, new legislation from Australia is now paving the way for children of any age to consent to sterilization — without parental consent. That’s right, if a psychiatrist  determines that a child under the age of 18 years is ‘sufficiently mature’, they  will be sterilized without any say from the parents. Again, there is no  age minimum, as long as they are ‘mature‘ enough.

The legislation, known as the ‘Draft Mental Health Bill 2011′, also  allows for 12-year-olds to consent to psychosurgery and electroshock.  You can view  the bill for yourself on the Australian Mental Health government website.  Written by the Western Australia Mental Health Commission (MHC) and  overseen by Mental Health Commissioner and clinical psychologist Mr Eddie  Bartnik, objections can still be submitted to Australian parliamentary members  in each state until March 9th.

Some main points of the bill read:

  • CHILDREN OF ANY AGE TO CONSENT TO STERILISATION: If a psychiatrist decides  that a child (under 18 years) has sufficient maturity, he or she will be able to  consent to sterilisation. Parental consent will not be needed. Only after the  sterilisation procedure has been performed does it have to be reported and then  only to the Chief Psychiatrist. [Pages: 135 136 of the Draft Mental Health  Bill 2011]
  • 12 YEAR OLDS WILL BE ABLE TO CONSENT TO PSYCHOSURGERY: Banned in N.S.W. and  the N.T., psychosurgery irreversibly damages the brain by surgery, burning or  inserting electrodes. This draft bill proposes to allow a 12 year old child, if  considered to be sufficiently mature by a psychiatrist, to be able to consent to  psychosurgery. Once the child has consented it goes before the Mental Health  Tribunal (MHT) for approval. Parental consent is also not needed for the MHT to  approve the psychosurgery. [Pages: 108, 109, 110, 197,198, 199, 213]
  • 12 YEAR OLDS WILL BE ABLE TO CONSENT TO ELECTROSHOCK (ECT): Electroshock is  hundreds of volts of electricity to the head. Any child aged 12 and over, whom a  child and adolescent psychiatrist decides is “mature” enough, will be able to  consent to electroshock. Also, once consent is given, there is no requirement  for parents or anyone, including the MHT, to approve the electroshock.  Electroshock should be banned. Its use on the elderly, pregnant women and  children is especially destructive. [Pages: 100, 101, 103, 104, 194,  105]

 


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  1. Natural Society
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