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The following is the testimony of Rita Kaplan, mother of the deceased Jesse Kaplan who took his own life in 2000 after he was forcibly neutered and sterilized by the state of California after being classified as a social undesirable with severe Asperger's syndrome. His mother spoke with Me several months ago by an Email correspondence about Jesse and what happened to him. The Kaplans live in San Jose. Rita still lives there. Jesse is survived by An older brother who lives in Las Vegas and Younger sister who lives in Visalia. My Name is Rita Kaplan. I want to share with...

The Eight Circuit Court of Appeals has refused a petition for a rehearing to overturn the forced drugging of Charles Sell, a St. Louis dentist charged with billing fraud. Last week's 5-4 oral decision comes after a March 2002 ruling that found that a defendant can be forcibly drugged even though he has not been convicted of any charges or found to be a danger. The petition was supported by Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and American Civil Liberties Union. "The court's ruling is in obvious conflict to Supreme Court rulings," said AAPS attorney Andrew Schlafly. "The stunning breadth...