This whole discussion splits me right down the middle.
On one side, I'm not sure I want to be a society where we force people to subscribe to medical practices they don't believe in or are against. Who are we to decide that a person must be forced to have medical process A performed on them when sure, it may save their life, but that person may struggle with the reason why they lived for the rest of their lives and may not lead a happy life due to that. Regardless of whether the person is Caucasian, Native, Chinese, etc.
But on the other side we have movement likes the anti-vaccine crowd and their claims of what it does to their children, then that jibberish gets spread and people start making poorly informed decisions which affect the well being of their children.
I'd be curious to see what some of you in the "they killed her" camp think about Right To Die laws. To me, it's kind of the same ballpark. How far does a society need to go to ensure people live, if they're having a negative impact on a family unit by forcing someone to live? For sure, the child aspect is different, but the impact on the family can be just as negative.
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