Surgery that Sterilized Girl Suffering from Severe Brain Injury Violated State Law
In 2004, a 6-year-old girl’s uterus and breast buds were removed, leaving her sterile and frozen forever in a child-like state. The young girl, known as Ashley, suffers from static encephalopathy. The condition is an unchanging brain injury that causes permanent brain damage and disabilities such as motor skill problems and mental retardation.













