title: Parens patriae: judicial authority to order the sterilization of mental incompetents.
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D033222:Judicial Role; D007603:Jurisprudence; D033282:Parental Consent; D013244:Sterilization, Involuntary; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive; D014481:United States