title: Avila v. New York Health and Hospitals Corporation, 22 July 1987.
abstract: The Supreme Court of New York held that an institution receiving federal funds and performing sterilizations may not arbitrarily prevent a mentally competent person and freely consenting individual from being sterilized. The plaintiff was a thirty-seven year old woman who, although mildly retarded, was not mentally incompetent under federal law.
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D019049:Developed Countries; D005193:Family Planning Services; D007258:Informed Consent; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D007360:Intelligence; D007603:Jurisprudence; D009518:New York; D009656:North America; D010551:Personality; D011584:Psychology; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Behavior; Court Decision; Developed Countries; Family Planning; Informed Consent--legal aspects; Intelligence; Mental Retardation--legal aspects; New York; North America; Northern America; Personality; Psychological Factors; Sterilization, Sexual--legal aspects; United States