Please read the linked article

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You may remember the case of that disabled child in Canada for whom the parents obtained permission from a court to stop her growth by chemical and surgical means. I was very unhappy with the story when it came out, but I did not know enough, and I thought it better not to criticize the parents when I did not know what they had been through or what the medical prospects really were.

This woman, on the other hand, has every right to speak out on the subject; and I am glad to see that my inchoate sense of disapproval has sound reasons to exist. http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/escaping_from_peter_pans_prison/

Moral of the story: never, ever, EVER pretend that you can judge when a human life is not worth living.

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[filialucis]

Oh my. The Ashley story left a bad aftertaste in my mouth -- to say the least -- when it reached the local news, and having read Anne McDonald's account my heart just breaks all over again. For both of them, and for all the kids whose intelligence will never be recognised.

*feels sick*