Isn't it funny what different perspectives we have from reading the very
same words. I really never thought it was really about euthesia at all but
about being loved for ones self and not despised for ones disabilities,
especially by those who should love and accept us the most. In her writing
she says
"I have strong views on what my treatment should have been. My parents were
told I would be a vegetable. if the doctors had really believed what they
said, they should have made sure I died. To give me back to my parents with
such a label was unfair both to them and to me. When my parents rejected me
I should not have been institutionalized, I should have been offered for
adoption. If no one had wanted me I should have been killed. "
I interpret that as saying adoption by people who could love her was her
preferred choice and only a loveless life is not worth living.
She also says
"My disability does not make life unbearable. I could have had a happy life
despite my disabilities if I had been loved"
This issue has often played on the preemie lists I belong to. Many parents
rage that their child has disabilities and that they should have been
allowed to die because of that. Many of those children were taken off life
support and no other heroic measures were taken and still lived and the
parents are furious what it's done to THEIR lives.
----- Original Message -----
From: Cleveland, Kyle E. <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: on a much more serious note an intereting article


> Something smells fishy in Denmark here.  Could it be a red herring?  I'm
> with Deri.  This sounds too much like a promotional press release for the
> $16 book.  In her last sentence Ms. McDonald states, "I love the life I
now
> lead, even though I'm severely disabled."  Seems to be waffling then on
the
> euthenasia.  There is no salient point to her whining save for a hook to
buy
> a book.