Thing is it's a potential slippery slope both ways.. if they allow the parent's choice to stand, what about Robert Latimer (sp?)? Or other situations that aren't as cut and dried, what if he didn't have 6 months, but 1 year? 5 years? where do you draw the line? Some cancers go into spontaneous remission as well, what if that happens here?
Going the other way, how much right does society have to intervene? If we allow this, how much further does it go? Can we force treatment for non-life threatening illnesses? Force vaccinations? Force good diet?
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