A mum has spoken out about why she sterilised her daughter. Source: Supplied
AN Australian mother had a contraceptive device implanted in her disabled adult daughter for fear she might fall pregnant and be unable to raise the child.
If her daughter was to give birth, the "child would be dead within a week", the unnamed mother said in her submission to a Senate inquiry.
The inquiry is examining the involuntary or coerced sterilisation of people with disabilities in Australia.
In her submission, the unnamed mother said the decision to have the contraceptive device implanted in her 27-year-old daughter four years ago had filled her with anxiety.
But it would have been negligent to leave her daughter unsterilised, the mother said.
Her daughter lives independently in a unit, has a boyfriend and has a carer visit just to touch base.
"She has developed a life for herself beyond any that I could have dreamed for her," the mother said, but added her daughter was not stable enough to support another life.
"Advocates who say she has the right to have a child need to factor in her ability to be responsible for that child."
The mother said if her daughter was to give birth the "child would be dead within a week".
"Human services would have to be involved," she said.
The mother said giving birth would be a traumatic experience for her daughter.
"She rings me or other family members every time she bumps her knee or gets a scratch, so I cannot even fathom the mental trauma childbirth would induce for her," she said.
Having reared three children of her own, at 54 years of age the woman said she could not contemplate raising another child.
The Senate inquiry is looking at sterilisation practices, exclusion or limitation of access to sexual health, contraceptive and family planning services.
There are no statistics on how many sterilisation procedures occurred each year and under what circumstances decisions were made.
The inquiry will report back on April 24, 2013.
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