Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 5710 – Procedural rights of person to be sterilized

Any person for whom sterilization is sought shall have the following procedural rights:

(1) The right to counsel;

(2) The right of cross-examination;

(3) The right to present the persons own evidence;

(4) The right to compel the attendance of witnesses; and

(5) All other rights of civil litigants in the Court of Chancery.

Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
sterilization: means any surgical or medical procedure intended to render a person permanently unable to procreate. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 5701

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