Autism: balancing capacity and consent

Glynis Murphy of the Tizard Centre at the University of Kent and others write of their concern about a recent ruling by the court of protection. We were astonished at your report (3 October) that the court of protection has found that a man with autism has a “fundamental right to sex”, even though he does not understand the issue of consent. Surely no one has a fundamental right to sex, given that it involves another person too? Considering this man, referred to as JB, to have a righ