Legal Opinion
Relf v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 29, 1977No. Civ. A. 74-224PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GASCH, District Judge.
This action is brought on behalf of two black females who allege that at the respective ages of twelve and fourteen they were wrongfully subjected to surgical tubal sterilization without the informed consent of their parents. These sterilizations were performed on June 14,1973 in Montgomery, Alabama by medical personnel of the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic (“Clinic”) under the auspices of the. Montgomery Community Action Committee (“Montgomery CAC”). This latter organization was created pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2790 for the purpose of carrying out the…
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