MENTAL DEFECTIVES
VIEWS ON STERILISATION. MRIECTOiRjGENERAL’S ADDRESS (By Telegraph—Press Association.) NAPIER, To-day. A paper on sterilisation for mental defectives was read at the Hospital Board’s Conference to-day by Dr Gray, Director-General of Mental Hospitals. Dr. Gray distinguished between mental disorder and mental deficiency, and said that in the case of the former he would oppose any generalised proposal for sterilisation, or even tjie prohibition of marriage. Dr. Gray explained the exact meaning of sterilisation, distinguishing between it and emasculation as generally understood, which he described as a much more extreme operation. In cases of mental deficiency, he did not think sterilisation would be of great benefit to the community as a whole, though he was of opinion that there were many cases where it would he a benefit to the individual concerned.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 6 March 1935, Page 6
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132MENTAL DEFECTIVES Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 6 March 1935, Page 6
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