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Friday, February 9, 2007 12:00 AM

Behind the Pillow Angel

Doctors at the Seattle hospital that operated on a disabled girl to keep her from reaching sexual maturity -- the controversial "Ashley Treatment" -- were more troubled by the procedure than has been reported previously.

By Rebecca Clarren

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Friday, February 9, 2007 06:52 AM

An Interesting Observation

Does anyone else find it interesting that a female doctor was not consulted for this article? Isn't there a huge divide in medicine right now concerning the fact that most treatments are based on a male patient?

The most enlightening fact in this article is the lack of procedure for ethical decisions made within medical institutions. I think digging a little deeper into this disturbing fact would have been a better use of two pages instead of spinning personal controversy like every other news agency on the planet.

—jdhector Read jdhector's other letters

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