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Edited by A84:
1/9/2015 12:45:34 AM
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Thoughts on the Connecticut court ruling?
Today, a CT Supreme Court ruling upheld the state of Connecticut's decision to force a 17 year old girl by the name of Cassandra Calendar, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, to go through chemotherapy for treatment of the illness.
In the state's argument, they claimed that the girl did not understand the severity of her prognosis and that she lacked competency extended to maturity.
She already ran away from joke after undergoing two treatments, as she believes the chemo will cause more damage than the cancer.
So, Flood, what's your opinion?
EDIT:
The third option is "the state has an obligation to treat anyone with terminal illnesses".
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7 RepliesAccording to various medical articles and journals the only way to help slow down and maybe remove this lymphoid cancer various forma of radiation or stem cells. Survival rate of patients after undergoing these treatments is ~85%. [spoiler]Feel free to read more about this on your own time.[/spoiler] If a 17 year old feel's she doesnt need to be treated and is willing to deal with a "~30% increase in the spleen and liver mass, and various pains accompanied with night sweats" well it's her own issue. I hope this isnt in incident of a young life being lost because they were too ignorant or didn't grasp the scope of the illness.
