Parker v. Rampton

CROCKETT, Justice:

Plaintiffs allege: that each is the parent of two children; that each has sought sterilization from their physicians, who have refused because of forebodings as to the effect of Sec. 64-10-12, U.C.A.1953. They seek an adjudication declaring that this section does not apply to them, but prohibits sterilization only as to persons whom we refer to herein as the “class of defectives.” The subject is dealt with in Chapter 10, Title 64, U.C.A.1953, which provides for procedures to be followed by officials of certain state institutions for the sterilization of persons who are…