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"Until New Year’s Day, not even her first name was known. Ashley was a faceless case study, cited in a paper by two doctors at Seattle Children’s Hospital as they outlined a treatment so radical that it brought with it allegations of “eugenics”, of creating a 21st-century Frankenstein’s monster, of maiming a child for the sake of convenience.
The reason for the controversy is this: three years ago, when Ashley began to display early signs of puberty, her parents instructed doctors to remove her uterus, appendix and still-forming breasts, then treat her with high doses of oestrogen to stunt her growth.
In other words, Ashley was sterilised and frozen in time, for ever to remain a child. She was only 6. "
How bad is her condition? Is she capable of coginitive thinking? Should we "alter" people with brain disorders to make them easier to keep?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2530561_1,00.html
The reason for the controversy is this: three years ago, when Ashley began to display early signs of puberty, her parents instructed doctors to remove her uterus, appendix and still-forming breasts, then treat her with high doses of oestrogen to stunt her growth.
In other words, Ashley was sterilised and frozen in time, for ever to remain a child. She was only 6. "
How bad is her condition? Is she capable of coginitive thinking? Should we "alter" people with brain disorders to make them easier to keep?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2530561_1,00.html