Opinions, Please?
There was a news story today about a 16 year old teenager who decided that he did not want to take chemotherapy for his cancer. He has already taken a round of chemotherapy and has decided on an organic method of treatment. His parents support him. He has been placed into foster care and his parents are now being charged with medical neglect. He
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"I don't believe it's right to let an 8 year old die when a blood transfusion could save her, but I also sure as hell don't want her to grow up thinking she's ruined her soul." That's why I'm having trouble coming to a conclusion with that one, too. It makes me wonder why these people even bother to believe what they do-- who would want to work under a god who makes himself out to be that much of an asshole, anyway? I'll never understand religion. :P ( ... )
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I think that there are many organic remedies that are overlooked, and I'm weary of an industry where doctors get paid to write certain prescriptions, and prescribe medication as if they are some sort of candy. "Oh, your husband died, here have some Prozac." WTF? "You got a scrape? Have some Vicodin." Fucking hell.
Of course the bracelet is a brilliant idea. :-P In the future they can probably just plant a little nano-chip inside of you - the way they do for lost pets. That would be so cool.
Oh, of course they would appreciate it, it would save their lame asses money and decrease the population so that they could make abortions illegal as a mandatory health crisis towards the lapse in population! *snickers*
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That said, have you ever been through chemotherapy? For a lot of people, it's worse than cancer itself. It can be absolute fucking hell.
It's sad how people are raised to believe that a life riddled with pain and of horrid quality is better than no life at all, solely because "life is sacred and precious".
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But as I said, it is his choice. Would I be his friend or family I would read up on it and come with educated advice and try to sway his opinion, but I wouldn't force him to anything.
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Frankly, I think it's mildly sick that you'd try to sway anybody in the direction of chemotherapy when it's obvious that they've found something more comforting and less invasive for themselves.
Then again, I'm against (or at least wary of) most of the key principles of the institution of modern medicine in the developed world, so if you support it, then take my opinion with a grain of salt.
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Sure it may not be "right" or it could even be pretty stupid, but in the end no ones going to be losing anything but that person. (Or/and the people that are bound to be effected by it, friends/family, etc.)
I don't see any reason why the government or authority should get involved in such personal matters, but only because I know I'd be pissing mad if someone told me to do this and that with my body, when I myself had different plans.
To each his own I guess, but in all honesty I do think its a bit foolish for unnecessaryinvolvement.
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I LURV U HUZBAND.
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The 16-year old should be able to make his own choices. If he doesn't wish to have chemo, it's his choice. Our bodies, our choices. I respect his parents for respecting his decision, as it was probably easy for them to accept. I think it's horrible that the state is trying to intercede.
As for the other case, she's a child. She's not capable of making the choice on her own. The government gives parents the right to make these choices for them. But the government also expects them to make the choices in the best interests of the child. However, we also have protections for religious expression, and some religions, such as Christian Science and Jehovah's Witnesses, have religious restrictions on what medical treatment adherents can receive. So what right does the state have to violate that religious expression? I remember a similar case when I was growing up in Connecticut ( ... )
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