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 first nation to outlaw lobotomy was the Soviet Union in 1950, as it was deemed a practice that contravened all forms of human rights. By the 1970s, most countries had outlawed the procedure. Lobotomy, or rather a "light" version of it, is still employed today on patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, and is referred to as an anterior temporal leucotomy.