[stylist] anybody else watch tonight's law and order, discuss?

[LoriStay at aol.com]

I think I had heard about this episode.   In reality, I can't see parents 
wanting to do this, as there is always hope for improvement, even in the worst of 
cases.   But I suppose if you were in the position of having to care for a 
retarded child as if he were a baby, it might strike apprehension in you to 
think you would need to do it when he grew larger.

On the other hand the possibility that this behavior might spread to other 
disabilities is quite fearsome.

Lori

In a message dated 11/27/08 12:16:06 AM, n6yr at sunflower.com writes:


> dear list members,
> I'll try to find an NBC summary of tonight's plot.  but in tonight's
> episode a couple with a severely disabled child planned to have their
> child surgically and hormonally prevented from growing up.  that, so
> that she would be easier to care for, and to avoid  certain complications.
> 
> the Judge, and Jack Maccoy (now the D.A.) held that it was not the
> state's place to condemn this behavior.  The judge cited the
> Fourteenth Amendment.  and the assistant D.A. named Cutter, said (I
> think rightly so) that because the daughter is disabled did not mean
> that the parents had the right to maim their daughter  he was
> overruled.  my wife was in tears at the end, and I was shouting at
> the TV, at the end.
> 
> we've discussed whether to talk about this episode with the national
> NFB, and whether to call local affiliates of NBC.
> 
> so, I just wondered if any of you saw it too.
> thanks,
> 
> jc
> 
> Jim Canaday M.A.
> Lawrence, KS
> 
> 
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