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hockeybub89 posted...

Sativa_Rose posted...

It comes down to the fact that I don't believe the government should have the ability to make this final determination in a case where the parents have made arrangements elsewhere. I don't think the decision of when it is inhumane to make someone suffer versus try to save them is a decision that should be made exclusively by government.

So parents should be allowed to take their sick children to other countries if they disagree with the diagnoses in their current country? Like if they are scared of heart surgery and prefer faith healers? Just because someone sprung from your loins, you should have the ultimate say on everything even if it's harmful or abusive? Is this why social services, foster care and power of attorney transfers don't exist?

When it comes to a very serious diagnosis, particularly one in which the home government has decided that letting the child slowly die is the correct option, then yes I think that parents should be able to do that. I think that you can still allow for the state to intervene in the case of abusive parents via things like social services, foster care, and power of attorney transfers while still giving the parents the right in this specific context.

The idea that this is being compared with faith healers is quite disingenuous.
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