UK court bans man from having sex because of low IQ
In ordering the sex ban, the judge noted that the case is “legally, intellectually and morally” complicated because sex is “one of the most basic human functions.”
Alan’s order came from the Court of Protection, a body PinkNews described as “a secret court dating from medieval times” that holds trials in secret.
According to the Telegraph, the court was given new life by a 2005 law that authorizes government officials to make personal decisions for people deemed not mentally competent.
Under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, its judges have the power to make life or death decisions for people deemed to lack the intelligence to make them for themselves – such as ordering that they undergo surgery, have forced abortions, have life-support switched off or be forced to use contraception.