Link:

http://www.cchrint.org/2012/03/07/austr ... l-consent/

And it has begun..

Australia is now paving the way for children of any age to consent to sterilization — without parental consent. That’s right, if a psychiatrist determines that a child under the age of 18 years is ‘sufficiently mature’, they will be sterilized without any say from the parents. Again, there is no age minimum, as long as they are ‘mature‘ enough.

The legislation, known as the ‘Draft Mental Health Bill 2011′, also allows for 12-year-olds to consent to psychosurgery and electroshock. You can view the bill for yourself (http://www.mentalhealth.wa.gov.au/Libra ... 2011_v3.sf lb.ashx) on the Australian Mental Health government website. Written by the Western Australia Mental Health Commission (MHC) and overseen by Mental Health Commissioner and clinical psychologist Mr Eddie Bartnik, objections can still be submitted to Australian parliamentary members in each state until March 9th.

Some main points of the bill read:

CHILDREN OF ANY AGE TO CONSENT TO STERILISATION: If a psychiatrist decides that a child (under 18 years) has sufficient maturity, he or she will be able to consent to sterilisation. Parental consent will not be needed. Only after the sterilisation procedure has been performed does it have to be reported and then only to the Chief Psychiatrist. [Pages: 135 & 136 of the Draft Mental Health Bill 2011]

12 YEAR OLDS WILL BE ABLE TO CONSENT TO PSYCHOSURGERY:Banned in N.S.W. and the N.T., psychosurgery irreversibly damages the brain by surgery, burning or inserting electrodes. This draft bill proposes to allow a 12 year old child, if considered to be sufficiently mature by a psychiatrist, to be able to consent to psychosurgery. Once the child has consented it goes before the Mental Health Tribunal (MHT) for approval. Parental consent is also not needed for the MHT to approve the psychosurgery. [Pages: 108, 109, 110, 197,198, 199, 213]

12 YEAR OLDS WILL BE ABLE TO CONSENT TO ELECTROSHOCK (ECT): Electroshock is hundreds of volts of electricity to the head. Any child aged 12 and over, whom a child and adolescent psychiatrist decides is “mature” enough, will be able to consent to electroshock. Also, once consent is given, there is no requirement for parents or anyone, including the MHT, to approve the electroshock. Electroshock should be banned. Its use on the elderly, pregnant women and children is especially destructive. [Pages: 100, 101, 103, 104, 194, 105]

Action will need to be taken to make sure the bill does not pass. Objections can be sent to the Mental Health Commission and to Australian state legislators. Feedback options come to a close on the 9th of March at 5pm, so it is important to voice your opposition today. Here are a few ways to contact (http://naturalsociety.com/contact/) the Mental Health Commission and state your objection to the bill:

Email: contactus@mentalhealth.wa.gov.au

Mail: GPO Box X2299 Perth Business Centre, W.A. 6847

Find Australian Mental Health Ministers, Health Ministers and local Members of Parliament: www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/mem ... AllMembers (http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliam ... AllMembers)

Read article here: http://naturalsociety.com/australian-bi ... z1oNTpMpQ7

Note: CCHR has taken out ads in Australian newspapers and distributed thousands of fliers to alert the public about this heinous bill.

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Twinsenboy (imported) wrote: Sat Aug 03, 2013 5:06 am Draft Mental Health Bill 2011′,

Just curious, has the “draft” bill been finalised?

This is old news (more than a year)...

http://www.mentalhealth.wa.gov.au/menta ... ation.aspx

The Mental Health Act 1996 is the current legislation in force in Western Australia.

The green Mental Health Bill 2012 was tabled in Parliament on 8 November 2012.

The Mental Health Commission invited feedback on the green Bill and approximately 100 submissions were received from a wide range of stakeholders, including people with a lived experience of mental illness, family members and carers, clinicians, non-government organisations, and members of the public interested in contributing to the future of mental health in WA.

Click here to view the submissions.

More information on the green Bill is available in the following documents:

Ministerial Statement

The green Mental Health Bill 2012

Explanatory Memorandum provides detailed information on each clause in the Bill

Frequently Asked Questions.

I cannot imagine a bill of this type even being up for consideration, much less passing.

Psychosurgery?

Didn't this go out at the end of the 50's or so?

Paolo wrote: Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:45 pm I cannot imagine a bill of this type even being up for consideration, much less passing.

Psychosurgery?

Didn't this go out at the end of the 50's or so?

Lobotomies were banned, sure.. But not quite. The tools simply changed forms into pills.

Yet, now it seems we're back to where we "started" in this vicious circle.

They already use chem castrations on boys with autism, if they are "too horny".

Not only that, but have you ever youtubed the horrendous Judge Rotenberg Center?

*cries angrily*

It must cost alot of money to go to a therapist just to see if u can get ur balls cut off when ur a child and ur parents r u supposedly opposed to the idea. How in the devil can the child afford this?

I am presuming that Australia has a national health care system like most countries so there would be no direct cost to the patient. Just a reminder-- we at EA discourage the use of "text speak" or similar language in posts. --FLO--

Yup, they can just say they want it to a doctor, and that's all. Free of charge.

When I grew up, I thought that I wish I'd been born a girl, all the time.. Now I'm very happy that I turned into a Man.

I see so many things wrong with laws like this and nothing good will come of it, nothing.

River

I still can't get over the psychosurgery part. Or the sterilization. Or any of it...