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 ==(4.) INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT==
+We oppose the involuntary commitment of any person to a mental institution. The power to incarcerate an individual not convicted of a crime, but merely asserted to be incompetent, is a violation of the individualâ€™s rights. We further advocate:
-We oppose the involuntary commitment of any person to a
+a.) the repeal of all laws permitting nonvoluntary psychiatric treatment of any person including all children and all persons incarcerated in prisons or mental institutions.
-mental institution. The power to incarcerate an individual not
-convicted of a crime, but merely asserted to be incompetent, is a
-violation of the individualâ€™s rights. We further advocate:
-a.) the repeal of all laws permitting nonvoluntary psy-
+b.) the immediate discontinuation of all programs using tax monies for observational study or experimentation.
-chiatric treatment of any person including all children
-and all persons incarcerated in prisons or mental insti-
-tutions.
-b.) the immediate discontinuation of all programs using
+c.) an end to all non-voluntary treatments of prisoners in such areas as psycho-surgery, drug therapy, and aversion therapy.
-tax monies for observational study or experimentation.
-c.) an end to all non-voluntary treatments of prisoners
-in such areas as psycho-surgery, drug therapy. and
-aversion therapy.
 ==(5.) FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE PRESS==