Severely retarded girl undergoes surgery to keep her in childlike state

Wow, never seen something like this before. Upon closer reading, I think the parents and doctors are doing what they think is in the best interests of the girl.

It's a shame they can't figure out what's wrong with her, so that they could treat her and let her develop into a normal person.

I would also disagree with euthanizing her, as logical as it may seem to some people. The Nazi's would've no doubt studied her for a bit, then after concluding that there was no way to help her, they'd offer the parents an "experimental drug", one that's "worked" in other cases similar to this, but that there's a chance it may kill her. Of course, they're just saying this to get the parents to agree, and accept what happens (followed by the doctors poisoning her, and then telling the parents the girl's body rejected the treatment, a few months afterwards of course, so they could continue billing the parents for a little longer).

But no doubt this does raise some philosophical and ethical questions; is it right to kill someone who's in a state where they're only going to continue suffering, or one where they may seem alive, but aren't functioning at all in their brain (and I don't mean drug addicts or anything like that, I mean people who are essentially braindead or have a non-functioning brain like this girl)? And of course you'll have some people who would say "no", and others who would argue "yes".

I just hope caring for her doesn't become too expensive, and that it becomes a liability for the parents. If this was in a third world country, it's likely that girl wouldn't even of survived beyond her first 3 or 4 years (not because they care less, but because of the more devastating effects of poverty, famine, disease present there, which means decreased healthcare options and availability).

Jam it back in, in the dark.