stem cell consistently proves to be 100% successful, I will have unwavering support for it and will want to see a law making it mandatory for toddlers, not adults.Agree or disagree? That day may actually come, and it'd simply be a matter of time. And this is a contention that worries many people.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Make cure for hearing loss mandatory by law for deaf babies if stem cell prove successful?
According to one Deaf person in a deaf forum he felt that deaf babies and toddlers ought to be cured for their hearing loss if stem cell proved successful and see that a law making it mandatory for them to be treated.
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Sure, why not? In the end it'd be less costly and less cruel that way.
Many parents will go that route, why bother to have it mandatory. I think there will be legal issues if it does become mandatory. Unless... Obama turns America into a socialist country and mandates that all deaf babies be cured....is that what socialists do? Anyway, I still believe in choice. But, I can agree with Anonymous too.
Gina
That's a good question.
If the legal becomes the mandatory in the whole USA, it would be the first country that the legal/law mandates all deaf babies be cured.
If USA becomes the socialist on *heath care reform* issue, I don't know.
Think about the abortion that considers part of the health care reform, it's going to be either pro-choice or anti pro-choice.....
That's something to ponder about.....
White Ghost
Gina,
Obama is going the socialist route. And when, not if, a cure is found for a particular hearing loss can be done successfully it'd be in Obama's interest to see that all babies born deaf be treated, where possible, and have their hearing loss restored completely as a way to save money and not worry about funding Deaf schools and such.
Choice is a much better option. But with the way Obama is going, you won't have a choice.
I think we are all going to be holding our breath for a long time waiting for this "cure" for deafness. The hair cells in our cochleas are some of the most complex cells in our bodies. We're better off advocating for our deaf children to receive the parental choice of education, whether it's mainstreaming with a CI or using ASL in a deaf school or ASL program.
The blog was in the context that once a cure found to be successful should a law be made making mandatory that deaf babies be treated and cured of their speciic type of hearing loss. Whether it's a long time or not is besides the point. The point is once it has arrived, should a law be enacted?
As long as parents make an *informed decision* regarding their deaf/hh child then that's fine by me.
I would say don't make it mandatory or law till stem cells has been around for 20 years. By then, so many will have chosen stem cells on their own or for their children that it would be easy to make it mandatory for the tiny minority who refuse to give their children a better, easier life by being hearing. Yes I consider deafness a disability and Im getting stem cells myself.
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