Is this wrong?

[Barrel of Fun]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6229799.stm

 

[Franks Wild Years]

Hmm, bit bloody creepy and unatural IMO

 

[rospants]

if i helps give her a better quality of life then i dont think its wrong. If she isnt going to have a long life anyway then surely making her comfortable is the most important thing

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I do get rather annoyed with the sanctimonious claptrap spewed out by various people

"But Agnes Fletcher of the UK's Disability Rights Commission said is was "unnecessary medical treatment to deal with what is essentially a social problem", referring to "the poverty and lack of support" faced by families with disabled children."

Deciding why someone wants this for their daughter as being based on an economic decision is a bit galling.

 

[Commander]

Maybe we could re-sign Leon and use the treatment on him in reverse.

 

[clippedgull]

if i helps give her a better quality of life then i dont think its wrong. If she isnt going to have a long life anyway then surely making her comfortable is the most important thing

Agreed!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

if i helps give her a better quality of life then i dont think its wrong.

However, every last one of the measures is designed to give the parents a better quality of life, not the child.

Wrongwrongwrongwrong

 

[tedebear]

Difficult one but in my opinion its wrong. I'd debate that the treatments are in her benefit, and not theirs as they have claimed but as the poor lass can't tell us we'll never know.

They're pumping her full off god knows what hormones to stop her from growing, and who knows that the effects of this aren't worse than leaving her to develop naturally within her own limitations. Surely the oney should have been spent on adapting her own home so that the parents could more abley care for her?

 

[Cian]

I'll take the splintered arse on this one...

 

[glasfryn]

Hmm, bit bloody creepy and unatural IMO

We might think so but then its not our child.
I for one would certainly think about it, if it were my child.

 

[surrey jim]

no one knows the spin the media has put on this. IMHO it is not news worthy, why cant this girl and her family be able to seek medical advice privatly and get on with their lives without hundreds of journalists following them and having 'specialist guests' examine every detail of her illness

 

[cjd]

However, every last one of the measures is designed to give the parents a better quality of life, not the child.

Wrongwrongwrongwrong

Difficult one.......morally seems wrong, but IF it makes it easier for the parents, surely they will have more energy and strength to look after their beautiful daughter for much longer. That in it,s own way must be better for their daughter.

 

[Goodfella]

If the girl is unable to make the decision herself, then surely the parents have a right to a better quality of life, providing the child with care and attention.

 

[Woodchip]

I'll take the splintered arse on this one...

I'll join you on the fence. I've got the thermos. Can the next person heading this way grab some sandwiches?

 

[tedebear]

no one knows the spin the media has put on this. IMHO it is not news worthy, why cant this girl and her family be able to seek medical advice privatly and get on with their lives without hundreds of journalists following them and having 'specialist guests' examine every detail of her illness

Very good point!

 

[tedebear]

I'll join you on the fence. I've got the thermos. Can the next person heading this way grab some sandwiches?

Arthur has left over sausage sandwichs with sauce - so i think I'll change my vote and join you...

 

[Buzzer]

I'm on the fence too. Dunno enough about it.

 

[British Bulldog]

I dont think it can be dismissed as completely wrong I listened to a bit about this on the radio earlier, And it appears one of the reasons they were given permission to have the operation done was that it would enable to the parents to give her full time care at home rather than her end up in a home.

 

[Tesco in Disguise]

Surely the oney should have been spent on adapting her own home so that the parents could more abley care for her?

why? the very reason this treatment has gone ahead is so they can more ably traet her.
i don't know why 'unnatural' is seen as a bad thing. nature gives us genetic deformities, cancer, and cerebral palsy. if we can fight against this, we should. for a better quality of life for everyone. sometimes its a question of health versus nature. nietzche was right.

 

[Heffle Gull]

I'm on the fence too. Dunno enough about it.

budge up a bit and let me join you.