Activists Spare Katie Thorpe's Womb

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From the Daily Mail (1/17):

Doctors turned down mother's request to remove disabled daughter's womb 'because of charity backlash'

A mother who asked to have her disabled daughter's womb removed said a negative backlash from charities has caused doctors to refuse to operate.

In a landmark case Alison Thorpe, 45, asked for her 15-year-old daughter Katie to undergo drastic surgery to prevent her from the "pain, discomfort and indignity" of menstruation.

The debate sparked fierce criticism by groups such as Scope which said Katie should not be sterilised because it would be "very painful and traumatic" and was "not medically necessary".

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