[KevinGray]

When I read the leader I thought that this would be the kind of pituitary tinkering that would be done in, say, a post-polio situation with a withered leg. All I can really say is... damn.

The hysterectomy is interesting, actually, because if she's as disabled as the article suggests, she's incapable of giving sexual consent. The idea of reproductive rights becomes tangled.

I'd hate to have been on that ethics panel.

[mlmr]

actually I think this is a terrific idea.
She most likely had a complete hyst to keep her calm, puberty is not a pretty thing in the severely mentally retarded. and to prevent the difficulties and problems of menstruation.