Abstract
In this article it is proposed to consider voluntary sterilization and consent to surgery in Scots law but with particular reference to the English case of Re D (a minor) which was first reported in The Times of 17th September, 1975 and is more fully reported in (1976) 1 All E.R. 326.
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