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Mont. Court Suspends Order for Woman to Undergo Hysterectomy

By Mara GayMar 7th 2011 – 4:05PM

Montana's highest court has halted an order for a woman with cancer to undergo a hysterectomy and will allow her lawyer to appeal a ruling that she is mentally incompetent and is unable to make her own medical decisions. District Judge Karen Townsend ruled last week that the woman, referred to in court documents as L.K.,...

ACLU Sues Feds Over Detentions of Mentally Ill

By Scott MartelleAug 2nd 2010 – 8:19PM

(Aug. 2) -- The American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights activists went to court late today seeking to force the federal government to protect the rights of mentally incompetent immigrant detainees -- at least one of whom, they say, languished in federal custody for nearly five years. The lawsuit, filed in...

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