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Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988
It's not as simple as you're making it out to be. It's where do you draw the line?
You can't have courts deciding things, I'll give you a prime example.
Person gets the disease, they are given 3 months to live, they can go on chemo and immediately feel nautious, or not take anything and enjoy what little time they have left.
The way you are saying, is they should immediately have to go on chemo, not have any say in the matter, then they die anyways and didn't even get to enjoy another day. It's not just cut dry, no two cases are the same.
It's also possible that the article doesn't have all of the facts, which has been known to happen.
The parents made a bad choice, but you can't take away their right to choose. If you think they should, then maybe you've never had to deal with the disease, if that's the case lucky you.
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Yes you can take away their right to choose, we do it all the time if they abuse their kids, think it's ok to pimp them out or beat on them or leave them alone for a few days with a box of Cheerios.
If an adult wants to refuse treatment so be it, I agree they have the right, but when a parent decides to let their kid die, whether it's by beating and starving them to death or refusing chemo, we have every right to intervene. These parents killed their kid, that they loved her while killing her is utterly irrelevant.