The first country to ban lobotomy was the Soviet Union in 1950 as it was considered a practice that violated all forms of human rights. By the 1970s most nations had banned the procedure. Lobotomy, or rather a "light" version of it, is still used today on patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, and is called an anterior temporal leucotomy.
The Soviet Union was the first to prohibit lobotomy in 1950 due to its infringement on human rights. By the 1970s, most countries had adopted similar stances and banned the procedure. Although the original lobotomy has been largely discontinued, a modified version is still used today on patients with severe epilepsy.