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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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1 ReplyI can understand her reluctance for chemo as it left both of my grandfathers in terrible shape when they died (though they had leukemia and lung cancer, if I remember right) and I'd rather leave behind a decent-looking corpse than not. As a minor I don't think she really has the legal right to make that kind of decision though and I think there needs to be some more discussion within the family rather than with the courts and such. This is a domestic personal issue, not a legal one in my opinion. But a government that doesn't keep its citizens alive kind of fails as a government, doesn't it? But is it right for them to try and save a life at the cost of that life's free will? I don't really think we can say.
