Conservatorship of Valerie N. , 40 Cal. 3d 143 ( 1985 )

REYNOSO, J.

I concur and dissent. I concur in the affirmance of the judgment. On this record Valerie should not be subjected to an operation. I dissent, based on much of the Chief Justice’s analysis, from the majority’s conclusion that the present statutory scheme denies the developmentally disabled the right of privacy. The Legislature, after study of the sad historical reality pertaining to sterilization of developmentally disabled, has decreed that those official actions cease. That was a prudent and constitutionally permitted legislative action.