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Woman with learning disabilities "to have contraceptive device fitted against her will"

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A woman with learning disabilities who has given birth to a number of children should be fitted with a contraceptive device against her will, a Court of Protection judge has decided.

Specialists told Mrs Justice Gwynneth Knowles that the woman, who is in her 20s and has had children taken into care, was pregnant again and due to give birth soon.

They said she had a number of physical health problems and further pregnancies could pose a significant risk to her. The woman said she would agree to having contraception via three-monthly injections but did not want to be fitted with a contraceptive device. "It's my body and it's my life," the woman had told the judge. "I should have the choice on what I want." Doctors were concerned that she

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