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I wonder if the professionals that are critical of this procedure have ever spent a day, a week, or even a few hours taking care of someone so completely handicapped. It isn't a noble thing. It's just hard work. Baby are small and cute--so we endure the work and we know they will grow and not need the intense care they need when they are young. Large women with the capacity of a 3 month old--you have to change their tampons or pads. Their breast will ache and they won't understand why. Who would wish puberty on their 3 month old child?
Caring for severely disable people is ookey dirty 'real world" work.
Most doctors have never touch a bed pan, never changed a diaper for a patient (baby or adult). The critics reasoning seems theoretical and esoteric. The parents reasoning seems practical, and loving.
Okay here comes a cliche, sorry, but let them walk a mile in the parents of a grown-up sized baby for a week or so before they give their opinion.
