Sterilisation
Sir, —I read with interest the article in your paper on sterilisation in the United Kingdom and wonder why this operation could not be performed in New Zealand on women who are advised by their doctors not to risk further pregnancies in view of their mental or physical state of health and who are also unable to take the contraceptive pill. It would appear from the number of these operations performed in the United Kingdom that it is neither a difficult nor a dangerous operation. It would remove a state of anxiety which in itself is detrimental to their health.—Yours, etc., M. CAMPBELL. July 30, 1968. [Dr J. M. Louisson, the press liaison officer of the Canterbury division of the Medical Association of New Zealand, replies: "It is apparent from M. Campbell’s letter on sterilisation that he or she is under a misapprehension. In New Zealand, sterilisation can be, and is, performed for such women as he describes, and although it is neither a dangerous nor a difficult operation, it should be emphasised that no abdominal operation can be described as minor, or as being entirely free from danger.”]
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31753, 9 August 1968, Page 10
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190Sterilisation Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31753, 9 August 1968, Page 10
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