Parenting Rights of the Mentally Handicapped.

Maherali, Zuleikha

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Publication Date: 1989

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Parenting Rights of the Mentally Handicapped.

Maherali, Zuleikha

B. C. Journal of Special Education, v13 n3 p235-52 1989

The paper examines the rights of mentally handicapped people to marry and to bear and raise children. It discusses United States and Canadian societal attitudes, laws, and constitutional issues in terms of the incapacity of mentally handicapped individuals to contract to marry, sterilization as a condition to marriage, and the concept of parenting. (JDD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Child Rearing, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Foreign Countries, Legislation, Marriage, Mental Retardation, Parent Rights, Parenting Skills, Pregnancy, Social Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Audience: Practitioners; Policymakers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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