The point is the state has no right to force a parent to accept their version of "dying with dignity" over his version because he is the one who has to watch it happen to his kid.
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Replying to @mechaprimate @50degreesam
Of course it is. It's about what rights the state can take away from the parents of a terminally ill minor. Specifically the right to decide how to act in his best interest as they see fit.
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Replying to @mechaprimate @50degreesam
When did I argue that parents have absolute rights over their child? News to me that parents can murder their children with no consequences. However, it's a strawman to argue that the absence of absolute rights implies the absence of all rights
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I find it hard to believe you think that parents have no rights over their child such as the right to choose where to educate their child or to discipline them for bad behavior or to make medical decisions on behalf of their child.
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Agreed. To me, parental rights are really their "right" to be the ones responsible for performing certain duties. The fact that they are duties doesn't mean the state should be able to coopt them.
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