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Old October 7th, 2007, 04:36 PM   #5 (permalink)
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"This case raises fundamental ethical issues about the way our society treats disabled people and the respect we have for disabled people's human and reproductive rights.
sorry to sound like a nazi, but what reproductive rights? if a kid is so disabled that she will have to be cared for by her parents and medical professions her whole life, i think that also disqualifies her from the right to reproduce. and if having her uterus removed and sparing a disabled child from having to go through puberty and sexual urges when they will never have the mental capacity for a romantic or sexual relationship, what's wrong with that? and just so no one thinks i'm advocating forced sterilisation of all people with a disability, i think these things should be decided on an individual basis and only for children with severe mental disabilities that can't care for themselves.
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