Spanish disability rights activist Cristina Paredero grew up feeling different and was diagnosed with a form of autism aged 18. She says her parents told her she should never have children and pressed her into agreeing to get sterilised.
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For the moment, there is no EU-wide policy on the issue and it is a matter for individual governments. "It often comes from a place of protection, the wrong idea they are protecting their daughters from sexual abuse," said Campos Pinto, who coordinates a disability rights watchdog, the ODDH, in Portugal.
The EDF says it is planning to take its fight to each of the 12 EU states that do not explicitly ban the procedure, by organising campaigns with local NGOs. The same official said the Commission was looking to include forced sterilisation as a "harmful practice" in a upcoming recommendation to complement the directive. It is expected to be adopted this year.
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