Girl dies of stupid parents

[dyresand]

Lek, if an 11 year old girl is pregnant would you support her right to an abortion? I am trying to gauge how far you think the young girl's rights should extend. It is unlikely that an abortion would kill her after all. If you believe she is old enough to decide to die then you must believe she can decide to rid herself of a mass of cells with no brain


Whoops. Edited for clarity and I messed up

I don't support abortion of a healthy fetus. I believe the law would leave that decision up to the parents, as was the case here.

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A dedicated team of individuals that may include a combination of social workers, medical practitioners including consultants from oncology and pediatrics, other family members and so on.

When parents absolve themselves of caring for their children (children in the care system) then the state and/or foster parents become the de facto guardians until a child is found adoptive parents or is kicked out of the care system at 18 (or whatever age is relevant).

I think, Lek, you see the world in black and white terms where things are either 'good' or they're not. That's not reality, not anywhere, not even for you. You can make yourself think 'parents knows best', but the sheer number of children in the care system for example evidences this is to be a demonstrable delusion.

Where, then, does this leave us with the topic forwarded by the OP? It leaves us with the consideration that, when given a choice between embarking on a course of action that has a 75%~ chance of something happening and another course of action where the guaranteed result is death, a parent who chooses the later is in breach of the notion that 'a parent always knows best'.

I understand how the system works. One reason that I don't understand the fuss in this case is that she died of a stroke, not leukemia. What does that have to do with her not continuing chemo? Was the stroke caused by the state of her weakened body or did this 11 year old happen to have another unrelated condition that caused the stroke? From what I understand, chemotherapy can definitely cause a stroke.

Lek it still stands no matter how much you try to do damage control and sugar coat it they still followed through allowing their child to die without being responsible adults allowing the child to live by giving her medical care.