The MHA prohibits the sterilisation of minors with mental health problems and the sterilisation or other invasive intervention to modify sexual and emotional changes resulting from a mental illness.
The legal framework on sterilisation is about to be amended, to include the right to consent and free and informed consent from the person concerned by the sterilisation. It also stated that [β¦] the new Policy and Strategy shall emphasize that efforts towards forcing contraception on disabled persons, particularly persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, and including sterilisation by way of permanent contraception, are to be countered effectively.
Malta informed in its replies to the list of issues concerning its initial report to the CRPD Committee, that the State barriers to the exercise of consent due to restrictions on legal capacity, will be addressed in the new Personal Autonomy Bill. In its report to the CRPD Committee, Malta stated that in recent years there was only one case in of a person with intellectual disabilities who had undergone sterilisation. However, this person expressed her consent to the intervention.
Malta's legislation on forced sterilisation. Legal cases on the forced sterilisation of people with disabilities In its report to the CRPD Committee, Malta stated that in recent years there was only one case in of a person with intellectual disabilities who had undergone sterilisation. This website uses cookies to give you the best experience. Not consenting or withdrawing consent may adversely affect certain features and functions. Functional Functional Always active The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
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