I don't really have enough information about this case. If the mother fears her daughter is being abused or exploited sexually and her daughter is not capable of consenting sex, that is a crime. Whoever is doing this to her daughter should be put into prison. If her daughter just is promiscuous then she could have a discussion with her and her doctor about putting the girl onto some form of contraception. Probably injection or implants could be good but that would be for the doctor to recommend.
Sterilizing someone is just wrong.
Has this mother actually begun some legal process to have her daughter sterilized, or is this just wishful talk? Indeed she might not succeed...I hope the law in your area will not allow this sterilization to happen simply because of the mother's wishes!
The most she can get for her daughter is birth control. There's no way they'd let her sterilize her surgically. I was pretty amazed that anybody would even want that anymore, though. It's one thing to try to make life easier, if by questionable methods, for somebody who won't be able to have a romantic relationship (a certain girl with profound MR springs to mind); it's quite another to sterilize somebody who obviously has the mental capacity to understand more than just basic sensory data--and someone who's autistic at that, whose strengths may well be hidden by communication difficulty.
wait, is she LFA or HFA?
Who gives a crap? It wasn't any more right to do it to Ashley X than it would be to an aspie.
She sounds like they'd put her in the HFA box, if she is flirting with people. Does she know what her mom's trying to do? Because if I were her, I'd be pretty darn upset.
I think that this is not unusual in parents of children who are mentally disabled. NO I AM NOT SAYING SOMEONE ON THE SPECTRUM IS MENTALLY DISABLED.
Just would like to note, there is more than one mental (or cognitive or intellectual or developmental) disability out there. This is something I just do.
But I believe I have heard about such things when a person is mentally *** and is unable to make the proper choices for themselves, their bodies are mature and ready, and yet their minds remain as children..
Other people who know a lot more about it, and are also better writers, have commented on the eternal child stereotype. As far as understanding childbirth and how to take care of a child, I would not base my estimation of such on someone's standardized test scores. Nor, while we're on the subject, on a piece of paper with the heading "Diagnosis."
Because if I were her, I'd be pretty darn upset.
Who wouldn't be? I remember from what I read about the Ashley X case, there is reason to consider involuntary sterilization a form of sexual assault. I dunno what it would be legally, but regardless of the details, I wouldn't want somebody cutting into me without my informed consent.
And I'm a guy, so the proposed operation would be much simpler in my case, less painful overall probably. But, the point is, choice matters, no matter what your diagnosis or whatever other features you may have.
PDD-NOS with a lower iq, but I don't know how low. When I saw the daughter I was amazed. The mother had talked about a totally different kid IMO. I know people can seem different in functioning than they are. But she had been described to me as an ever blabbing totally unintelligent and irresponsible teenager. I thought she had noteworthy things to say and was not dimwitted. She was not Einstein, but hey, who is. I've never heard my mother in law talk that sensible. (She's MR and has two children because of abuse)
I read last year about a young woman with Down Syndrome, IQ of about 70, who received job training through a special program in her state and now lives in her own apartment, works (in a supermarket, I think), and gets along OK with some supervision from the program. And she sounded quite sensible in the interview, smarter than I would have expected. (On her difficulties with budgeting she said, "Me and math don't mix"---sounds like me! 
) A generation earlier she might have been put in a home and taught nothing, because of other people's assumptions that lower IQ = helplessness. My own IQ has not gotten me too far professionally, and at age 42, with 20 years of work experience, I still do really dumb things at times...I do understand the concept of not heating aerosol cans but I still left a can of cooking spray on a hot grill at work last year; fortunately one of the cooks removed it before there was an explosion! What was that line from Forrest Gump? "Stupid is as stupid does" ? 
I worked with a woman who had Down's. She lived on her own because her mother was very very abusive to her. She even had a boyfriend. She was on oral contraceptives because she didn't want to get pregnant. She was capable of making choices for her life but she needed some help. good thing she worked in a law office.
Hyke, is this girl underage?
If so, I think that a temporary measure (IUD, injection, etc.) is the best choice until the girl is of age and is able to make her own choices.
Does that make sense?
Err, those methods are very dangerous. I know women who can't have children because they had an IUD fitted and they got an infection. Injections of strong hormones are not to be given lightly either as there is a severe chance of bad side-effects. In any case, a qualified gynaecologist needs to be involved.
The point I was trying to get across with regard to implants is those such as Depo Provera are well known to have adverse side effects such as depression, nausea, weight gain, and it's a hell of a lot harder to get an implant removed than to stop taking the pill if you get a bad reaction.
I agree that young people are far more susceptible to sweet-talkers, particularly if they are underconfident and not used to being noticed.
IUDs are well known for causing infections and in various places are not recommended for women who have not yet had a child.
I wonder how autistic this young girl is. It's not uncommon for aspies to be asexual or late bloomers so the fears the mother has could be somewhat overdone. I guess she is concerned she might end up with a grandchild to look after, who might or might not be on the spectrum. This concern is certainly not confined to mothers of daughters with impairments.
I can't understand why it would be so bad to look after a grandchild unless the grandparent was in poor health but can otherwise understand that they would be worried about the welfare of any children their daughters have.
Well, giving her contraceptives isn't going to stop her being exploited on its own. Seems that the major issue is keeping her away from lowlifes who will prey on her naivete.
Yes, I don't think teaching abstinence would have much success. Mind you, it wouldn't hurt to give kids some assertiveness lessons so they don't let themselves get pressured into having sex before they feel ready.