title: Involuntary sterilization of the mentally retarded: blessing or burden?
authors.forename: Sandra S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights; D005053:Eugenics; D006664:History; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D016743:Mental Competency; D033282:Parental Consent; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D012098:Reproduction; D013023:South Dakota; D013219:State Government; D013244:Sterilization, Involuntary; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D020458:Third-Party Consent