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Originally posted by RACooper
I can't help but worry about the ethical implications that it sets as a precedence.... it could be a very steep and slippery slope that this could lead down - a slope that shouldn't be taken again. I hope that we (as in the public) guard carefully that we don't start down the slope that moves from ending suffering to ending "unworthy".
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I agree about the slippery-slope implications this could have. I'm completely against euthanasia and so-called "mercy killings" of infants. Who decides who gets to live and who doesn't? Who defines quality-of-life?