Iowa Supreme Court: Mother needed court approval of vasectomy for mentally disabled son

[JURIST] The Iowa Supreme Court [official website] ruled [opinion; pdf] on Friday that an Iowa mother should have sought court approval before arranging a vasectomy for her mentally disabled son. The court held unanimously that a vasectomy is a "major elective surgery," as well as a "nonemergency major medical procedure" that required court approval despite the mother's legal guardianship of her son. The mother, Maria Kennedy, arranged for the procedure [Des Moines Register report] in February 2013 after her son,...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/04/iowa-supreme-court-mother-needed-court-approval-of-vasectomy-for-mentally-disabled-son.php

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