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Why is it that out society allows such nonsense. This procedure insults brave and valiant parents who care for disabled children every day. If you want something that will interact with you and stay on a pillow where you put it, get and train a dog!!! Talk about a slippery slope... No one told these parents that dealing with a disabled child was going to be easy, but it should be their responsibility to care for her in the way most appropriate for her capabilities, not the parents'. Ashley is a person with feelings and has the right to have aspirations and desires just like everyone else.
Now that this procedure is done, does Ashley even fit the description of a boy or girl? Or is she just something her parents can carry around and hold for their own comfort?
I also find it fascinating that parts of the medical community are against stem cell research that may alleviate or even possibly eliminate these types of ethical issues, but they are willing to medically/legally rape a girl of the very body elements that make her female. RIDICULOUS!!!
