'Every month when she has her period, she screams and writhes in agony': Mother launches campaign to allow her to have disabled daughter’s womb removed.

When Judge Mrs Justice Eleanor King ruled that a disabled man could be sterilised last week, her controversial decision became a national talking point.
But for Alison Thorpe, 51, the landmark ruling came as a welcome surprise. Like the parents of the 37-year-old man, Alison has fought long and hard to get a hysterectomy for her severely disabled daughter Katie.
And although it might sound cold-hearted, Alison, from Billericay in Essex, insists that removing her daughter's womb is the best thing for her - and will spare her pain.

Tragedy: Alison Thorpe with her severely disabled daughter Katie, 21, who has the mental age of a baby