Post by AnimalAvenger on Apr 20, 2009 16:44:32 GMT -5
articles.mibba.com/People/2397/12-YearOld-Asks-Doctors-to-End-Her-Life
What is your opinion on this? Should the girl have the right to choose to die?
I honestly think she has the right to do whatever she wants. She's had to deal with things most girls have never had to deal with before, and what if the leukemia comes back? What if her heart transplant doesn't work? She'll have to suffer throughout her entire life if she is forced to live. Many people will think, "Oh, after she's all better, she'll be happy again." but those people probably do not know how the girl is feeling. Also, what if she doesn't get better? What if she just withers away?
Share your own opinion.
Hannah Jones is a twelve year-old girl who is normal... except for the fact that she wants to die, and her parents fully support her.
Hannah was diagnosed with lukemia at age four, and is now battling with a deadly heart condition. But she's battiling no longer. She is refusing to have a heart transplant that could potentialy save her life.
Theoretically, Hannah's parents could sign the form and Hannah would have no say in it, but they are choosing to let Hannah make her own decisions.
Her parent's choice has sparked outrage around the world.
At twelve years of age, Hannah is not allowed to drink alcohol, have sex, drive, vote or even see an M rated movie by herself, yet she is allowed to make the ultimate decision, the decision to end her own life.
Her parents say yes, but the majority of the public says no.
But a recent survey by Harris Poll suggests otherwise. According to the poll, out of the 1,010 people surveyed, a 70 to 29 percent majority of adults are in favor of a law that would "allow doctors to comply with the wishes of a dying patient in severe distress who asks to have his or her life ended."
So why is there such a social outcry against Hannah? Does her age invoke such double standards?
When you look into those pale, honest blue eyes, how can you sit there and judge?
Hannah was diagnosed with lukemia at age four, and is now battling with a deadly heart condition. But she's battiling no longer. She is refusing to have a heart transplant that could potentialy save her life.
Theoretically, Hannah's parents could sign the form and Hannah would have no say in it, but they are choosing to let Hannah make her own decisions.
Her parent's choice has sparked outrage around the world.
At twelve years of age, Hannah is not allowed to drink alcohol, have sex, drive, vote or even see an M rated movie by herself, yet she is allowed to make the ultimate decision, the decision to end her own life.
Her parents say yes, but the majority of the public says no.
But a recent survey by Harris Poll suggests otherwise. According to the poll, out of the 1,010 people surveyed, a 70 to 29 percent majority of adults are in favor of a law that would "allow doctors to comply with the wishes of a dying patient in severe distress who asks to have his or her life ended."
So why is there such a social outcry against Hannah? Does her age invoke such double standards?
When you look into those pale, honest blue eyes, how can you sit there and judge?
What is your opinion on this? Should the girl have the right to choose to die?
I honestly think she has the right to do whatever she wants. She's had to deal with things most girls have never had to deal with before, and what if the leukemia comes back? What if her heart transplant doesn't work? She'll have to suffer throughout her entire life if she is forced to live. Many people will think, "Oh, after she's all better, she'll be happy again." but those people probably do not know how the girl is feeling. Also, what if she doesn't get better? What if she just withers away?
Share your own opinion.
