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...that argument sends disability-rights advocates around the bend. "Benevolence and good intentions have been among the biggest enemies of disabled people over the course of history," says Arlene Mayerson, a leading expert in disability-rights law, who like many critics feels intense sympathy for these parents. "Many things that were done under a theory of benevolence were later seen as wrongheaded violations of human rights." Medicine's role is to relieve pain and improve function. But Ashley was not suffering, and the treatment was untested. Do we really want to start bending the rules in the case...
...That argument sends disability rights advocates around the bend. "Benevolence and good intentions have been among the biggest enemies of disabled people over the course of history," says Arlene Mayerson, a leading expert in disability rights law, who like many critics feels intense sympathy for these parents. "Many things that were done under a theory of benevolence were later seen as wrongheaded violations of human rights. " Medicine's role is to relieve pain and improve function, but Ashley was not sick, and the treatment was untested; do we really want to start bending the rules in the case...
Anna M. Schneider-Mayerson '00, a social studies concentrator in Kirkland House, was associate editor of Fifteen Minutes...
Whitney K. Bryant '99-'00, a Crimson editor, is an english major in Lowell House. Jessica A. Nordell '99-'00 is a physics major who lives off-campus. Anna M. Schneider-Mayerson '00, a Crimson executive, is a social studies concentrator in Kirkland House...
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