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[techdragon]

I am having a hard time processing this....

http://cnn.aimtoday.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20041130%2F1754217753.htm&sc=1103&photoid=20010410NY190

EDIT: [AS IN] I can't seem to form an opinion on this subject as presented in the article. I don't know whether or not to be for it or against it - for this specific ideal.

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[muse-de-nuit.livejournal.com]

I know it sounds bad to "euthanize babies," but I had a cousin with severe spina bifida who lived for about two months in the most wretched pain I've ever seen. She convulsed almost continuously, mouth permanently open in a silent scream, hands shaking violently clenched. It was horrific. I was only about 13 at the time, and I grew up on a farm (where animals born with deformities were promptly put down to end their suffering), and so it was inconceivable to me that they couldn't do anything for this tiny human being. I only hoped that her serious neural defects kept her from *consciously* suffering... hoping that only her most basic animal brain functioning was operational... but even then I wouldn't want to see any creature suffer like she did. An overdose of sedatives would have been a blessing, in my opinion. I think if the doctors determine that the infant is terminal and they can not control his or her pain... and the parents make an informed decision to have to the procedure... then infant euthanasia should be legal. Of course, that's just my opinion along with a little background on how I developed it.