Current Events > Should parents be able to euthanize their disabled children?

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If a child develops a severe mental/physical disability after birth, should parents be able to euthanize the child so that it can avoid a life of suffering?

This is not a black lives matter topic people, nothing to see here.

Unless the children are black?
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How do you know they are suffering? Mental defects is more of a direct burden on the parents usually as ignorance is bliss. And idk to your question. I wouldn't do it to my kid.
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No
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Yes. But there would have to be a detailed set of rules and an update to the current laws regarding assisted suicide and euthanasia.

In cases where they are say brain dead, have severe brain damage, terminal disease, ect. The legal guardian should be able to authorize euthanasia
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and what's the cut off age for these killings? how old can you kill?

All Im saying is that we already put down animals who have these issues. Why do we force humans to suffer through them? It is fucked up.

Zikten posted...

and what's the cut off age for these killings? how old can you kill?

Would have to be a cutoff age when the issues would have likely manifested. Probably no older than 4.

Only in extreme cases.

Like complete paralysis with severe brain damage and no chance of recovery.

Immobile and their brain is too damaged for anything meaningful to really happen. Life is pointless suffering at that point.
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No, what the fuck?!?!?
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Imagine if Stephen hawkings parents did this.
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fhqwhgads posted...

Imagine if Stephen hawkings parents did this.

Considering his symptoms didn't manifest until he was in university?
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i bet all the yes voters are pro-abortion
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So you want to kill 4 year olds who are capable of speaking and saying "why are you killing me mommy and daddy?"

I voted yes to stir the pot
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They should be able to euthanize children for any reason until they leave their parents house

Complete_Idi0t posted...

They should be able to euthanize children for any reason until they leave their parents house

You just made Casey Anthony horny

Complete_Idi0t posted...

They should be able to euthanize children for any reason until they leave their parents house

lmao
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yes. cause if ever had a kid and he was mentally handicapped to the point where I had to take care of a overgrown toddler for life I'd hate my life and the kid.

Rika_Furude posted...

i bet all the yes voters are pro-abortion

I am.

Zikten posted...

So you want to kill 4 year olds who are capable of speaking and saying "why are you killing me mommy and daddy?"

The kid probably wouldn't understand what's going on. And it's not like you're telling them you're going to kill them
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So wait, are we killing kids with severe mental problems like they are just not even there mentally. Or vegetables even

Or are we just killing a physically disabled 4 year old? Or a minor mental disability like Asperger's?

Ya know, TC, that euthanasia is a volatile topic because of the Nazis. At least 200,000 people were murdered as a result of their Aktion T4 euthanasia program.
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Key posted...

yes. cause if ever had a kid and he was mentally handicapped to the point where I had to take care of a overgrown toddler for life I'd hate my life and the kid.

dont have kids if you're not prepared for this
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Only if the illness is extremely severe and permanent. Like if the child ends up a vegetable or something along those lines.

Esrac posted...

fhqwhgads posted...

Imagine if Stephen hawkings parents did this.

Considering his symptoms didn't manifest until he was in university?

This lol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Latimer

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/compassionate-homicide-the-law-and-robert-latimer-1.972561

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-why-robert-latimer-deserves-a-pardon/
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if the kid is objectively fucked up and their life and the lives of those around them amount to suffering, there is no point in them being alive. fuck knows i would rather be dead than severely messed up. humanity will keep getting weaker if we force everyone to live
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Not if the child can't give consent.
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well it almost sounds like some people in this topic want to be able to just kill their kid no matter what issues they have or dont' have. I don't like it. I feel very icky about the whole thing but at the very least, this should only ever been up for consideration when the kid is SUPER disabled. like they aren't really thinking. braindead basically. even someone with down's syndrome has a right to live and they are capable of being happy. it would be murder to kill your kid just cause they have down syndrome. even if they don't see it coming, that's fucked up. it's betrayel of the innocent. I don't want society to become ok with child murder. we are not Carthage.

No, any time someone is a vegetable we should just keep them on life support indefinitely. If any major organ starts to fail, get them a healthy transplant ASAP as to not deprive them of their magical and enriching life experience.
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Only if the parents are forced to eat the kid afterwards.
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Zikten posted...

well it almost sounds like some people in this topic want to be able to just kill their kid no matter what issues they have or dont' have. I don't like it. I feel very icky about the whole thing but at the very least, this should only ever been up for consideration when the kid is SUPER disabled. like they aren't really thinking. braindead basically. even someone with down's syndrome has a right to live and they are capable of being happy. it would be murder to kill your kid just cause they have down syndrome. even if they don't see it coming, that's fucked up. it's betrayel of the innocent. I don't want society to become ok with child murder. we are not Carthage.

Do you support putting down animals so they dont suffer? Why should the animal be free, but humans are forced to suffer?

Gonna go hard no on this one boss
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Extremely disabled like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Y74rLltuI" data-time="

The mother is petting her daughter like a dog.
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CiIantro posted...

Zikten posted...

well it almost sounds like some people in this topic want to be able to just kill their kid no matter what issues they have or dont' have. I don't like it. I feel very icky about the whole thing but at the very least, this should only ever been up for consideration when the kid is SUPER disabled. like they aren't really thinking. braindead basically. even someone with down's syndrome has a right to live and they are capable of being happy. it would be murder to kill your kid just cause they have down syndrome. even if they don't see it coming, that's fucked up. it's betrayel of the innocent. I don't want society to become ok with child murder. we are not Carthage.

Do you support putting down animals so they dont suffer? Why should the animal be free, but humans are forced to suffer?

Some people want to kill a kid who is happy just cause they don't want to deal with them. Like I said some of the people in this topic would abuse this new law and murder kids who have nothing wrong with them. Imagine murdering a normal 4 year old

Hitlers first casualty was taking control of healthcare and ordering the death of a disabled child.

Hitler used the at the time Liberal Supreme Court decisions and Planned Parenthood propoganda at the time to excuse this.

Margret Sanger of Planned Parenthood lamented that Germany would be way ahead of us on reproductive rights if this continues

if this was allowed, my parents would be allowed to euthanize me. AND I WANT TO LIVE GODDAMMIT
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Lol half the people voting yes. This is sparta shit. Well be able to cure before prevent. Facts

Yes but only in extreme situations. Like downs isn't even close to a reason to euthanize a child. But disabilities that are terminal and put the kid in a lot of pain arr what I'm referring to, otherwise you're just forcing the kid to suffer until they finally succumb and get that sweet relief of death.
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CiIantro posted...

If a child develops a severe mental/physical disability after birth, should parents be able to euthanize the child so that it can avoid a life of suffering?

Whose suffering? The parents'? >_> Most supposed quality of life arguments ignorantly approach things from *our* perspective, whereas somebody with a severe disability doesn't know things differently. And, in general, there's no guarantee or even reasonable expectation that a healthy child will avoid a life of suffering because life frequently involves suffering. The only way to prevent lives of suffering is to end all life.

And, in general, these bad-faith arguments aren't about the parent or the child, but about third-parties who dislike the impaired and, if they had the choice, would likely purge a fuckload more than just the impaired from our society. After all, that's where a lot of murderous regimes started.

CiIantro posted...

Zikten posted...

and what's the cut off age for these killings? how old can you kill?

Would have to be a cutoff age when the issues would have likely manifested. Probably no older than 4.

Really depends on the condition. Some things aren't recognized or diagnosed until later. Then there are conditions which don't emerge until later.
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iPhone_7 posted...

Extremely disabled like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Y74rLltuI" data-time="

The mother is petting her daughter like a dog.

see I rather be dead then live like that girl. That's not a life worth living
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I've taken brain dead patients out of houses before and personally I'd rather be killed and not be a burden to my family than live like that everyday while everyone else has to majorly adjust their life for me when I'm literally just going to lay in bed forever with no interaction >_> It's obviously a complex issue though
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fhqwhgads posted...

Imagine if Stephen hawkings parents did this.

not everyone is as smart as hawkings

If the kid is still a fetus, I'd err towards "yes" - though a factor should be if there are complications for the parent or child during the pregnancy. If the kid is going to have an umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, causing development issues, or if the mother is in danger if the pregnancy progresses - yeah, that should be an option.

Once they're out of the womb, though, they're a living, breathing person with the right to life. If the parents don't want their handicapped child, then they should give them up to someone who will care for them.

There could be a level of severity post-birth that necessitates euthanasia, but that's the gist of my feelings towards the subject.
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should I be euthanized? does my life have no meaning?
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catboy0_0 posted...

should I be euthanized? does my life have no meaning?

It's up to you if your life has meaning.
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This topic title honestly made me sad. Legitimately.

My nephew has autism and he's probably my favorite person on earth. The thought of him having been unwanted makes me sad.
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I think so.
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