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In reply to the discussion: Mother wins right to end disabled daughter's life [View all]Boudica the Lyoness
(2,899 posts)63. In answer to your question; yes.
Me.
Have you no empathy?
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"loved her child so much that she didn't want to see her suffer unnecessarily"
loyalsister
Oct 2014
#8
I knew a young woman who was murdered by her sister who had terminal cancer because there would
jwirr
Oct 2014
#40
The younger sister was developmentally disable and had lived with her older sister most of her life.
jwirr
Oct 2014
#48
When the patient is a minor, it may be that the parents have the power to make such decisions.
NYC_SKP
Oct 2014
#17
I have also seen that - a living will is a good thing to have. Something everyone regardless of age
jwirr
Oct 2014
#41
By what means was she euthanized? Withdrawal of food? Just read the post above me. I hate reading
jwirr
Oct 2014
#3
Yes, so do I. And a very dangerous precident because this parent seems to really have loved her
jwirr
Oct 2014
#39
I'm taking the mum's side on this. Twelve years of agony, it can't have been easy.
NYC_SKP
Oct 2014
#12
Have you heard people suggest that making reproductive decisions for someone else should be policy?
loyalsister
Oct 2014
#21
Well you're certainly a good writer but I hear you regarding family. Come from the same lot.
mackerel
Oct 2014
#34
You may be correct about your own personal circumstances and no one can judge you on that but I
jwirr
Oct 2014
#43
God, I assume you are talking about the eugenics movement of the late 1800s and early 1900s
jwirr
Oct 2014
#42
More detail here (even an interview with the mother that may play for you)
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2014
#22
I have not doubted the mothers dedication. And this does make it more undertandable.
jwirr
Oct 2014
#45
I have. My daughter is very much like the child in the article and I have faced death situations
jwirr
Oct 2014
#46
Endometriosis was just the tip of the iceberg with my daughter. It was used as one of the examples
jwirr
Oct 2014
#54
I think it's very important to make a distinction between personal belief or preference
nomorenomore08
Oct 2014
#53