Severely retarded girl undergoes surgery to keep her in childlike state

I suppose, it's the parents decision.
I personally strongly disagree with it, and I would never do it to my kid, but not all parents think the same way I would.
I just think that with medical advancements, they could eventually "fix" her to be "normal", so they don't need to "fix" her to be more convenient now when it could negatively effect the rest of my life

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by LeHah

Civil liberties extend to some, but not all? What cave were you born in?

isn't that the question? should the parents be allowed to allow this, or do laws override that.
not to mention medical ethics...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by LeHah

You may not have your date of birth posted in your profile - but we can tell your age by this stellar peice of posting.

I enjoy debating, but not with people who concentrate on things like the faults they see in their opponents debating style, or by making insults to the person they are debating against. That's not real debating.
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I still disagree with the operation, but I just want to bring up these points (some of which may have already been mentioned)

First of all, this operation will save her the anguish of having to go through (at the age of three months) the kind of thing that most normal teen age girls struggle with. And since she's retarded, things like that won't make sense to her, and she'll never need or use her older body anyway. It's in her best interest to do it (from this point of view.
Also, from what I understand, if her body is developing at this rate, she will have to body of a 108 year old when she is only one year old. The operation could lengthen her life...A lot.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.