Hoo boy.

[sylvar]

This article will probably get a few people angry.

It's about a 9-year-old girl with a mental age of about three months.  Her parents have convinced doctors to surgically alter her to keep her a child forever.

Hmm.  Forced eternal childhood... doesn't sound pretty to me.  Though I suppose at least the girl in the real-life case lacks the ability to understand her situation.

Comments

[danasdream.livejournal.com]

I had severe trouble with this when I read the original article. While I sympathize with the parents, the surgery will cause intense pain and, to my knowledge, isn't something that has been done a lot. I understand the breast issue due to the prevalence of cancer. Some of it almost seems like sterilization, which was often done to mentally disabled people in the mid 20th century, and which was barbaric and wrong.