On Friday, I had a sick kid at home so you were able to watch some of My Sister's Keeper which is based on the book by Jodi Picoult. Hopefully you were able to make the connections to last unit with DNA and genetic engineering and this unit where we are going to discuss cancer. What most people don't realize is that this movie is loosely based on a Colorado family, the Nash's. The Nash family had a sick daughter and conceived a son for the sole purpose of saving their daughter. The Savior Sibling has also been the story-line on soap operas, CSI, Heroes, Star Trek, books and movies. In fact, the savior sibling was even on my Chicago Med show this past week. I have had students in class that were bone marrow donors for their siblings, but I have never had a student that was a savior sibling.
Here are some articles about the Nash family and the ethics of creating a savior sibling:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2000/oct/04/genetics.internationalnews
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/17-years-later-nash-family-opens-up-about-controversial-decision-to-save-dying-daughter
http://www.amc.edu/bioethicsblog/post.cfm/is-it-ethical-for-parents-to-create-a-savior-sibling
For your assignment this week, you don't actually have to read any of the articles unless you were absent on Friday. I want to know how far you would go to save your child. Is it ethical to create a savior sibling? Should the savior sibling have a say in whether or not they are used to save the older sibling? If you were a savior sibling would you find a lawyer and sue for the right to be medically emancipated from your parents? Please provide reasons behind your opinions. Give examples from either the movie or one of the articles above. If you can find other research about savior siblings, please share it with me. You will write one paragraph with at least 5 sentences and comment on one of your peers posts.
A savior sibling is one who is born with the sole purpose of donating blood or organs to save an older brother or sister. I don't think this is ethical. Even if your other child is very sick, it doesn't seem right to the savior sibling to make them go through surgeries their whole childhood. When they are old enough, the child should have a say if they want to help or not. For example in the movie, the girl was 11 when she decided that she didn't want to help. This is a good age because when they are young they don't fully understand situations. If I were the savior sibling in this movie I would just talk to my parents and tell them that I am not donating anymore. Getting a lawyer seems a little far fetched, but it makes the movie interesting. Now if I had to choose, I would not want to have a donor baby. Bringing someone into life just to use them is not right.
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DeleteGreat paragraph, I agree
DeleteAfter watching the movie, My Sister's Keeper, it makes me wonder if it would be right or okay to have a child designated to save the other child. I think that it would be hard to let a child die knowing you could have saved them by using another child for parts, but in reality I think it is wrong to do so. If I were to make the decision to have a savior child I would say that they should have a say in whether or not they want to help the other child. In the situation though, one's mindset would be different and maybe not think the same if they weren't in this position. If I were a savior child, I would like to believe that I would do anything to save my sibling, but I know that I would feel used and think differently if I were in a situation like that. I truly think that using a savior child isn't right, but I think that the parents feel there is non other choice so they do this without really thinking how it will affect the savior child. This overall is a tough question to answer when not in the situation and I think all people would change their minds if they were in a position like this.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that it would be hard to live knowing you could have possibly saved your sibling but I also think it would be hard living knowing you were created for your sibling.
DeleteIf I was a savior sibling I would definitely do everything I could to help my family or whomever I was born to help. Although if it gets to the point where I would need to die to maybe help out the other person I’m not sure if I would go through with it. I think I would ask to not go through with it and if my parents still made me do it I may go as far as that girl in the movie when she sued them. I don’t think it’s right to have another child just so you can kill them to save someone else. I don’t think if I was a parent I would put my kids through this. Also, let’s say the kid did go through with the surgery and died while the other kid survived. Imagine how guilty they’d feel their whole lives. They may think they killed their sibling and go through life thinking they had something to prove. So I wouldn’t have a savior child.
ReplyDeleteYou have some great opinions.
DeleteI think this is a hard decision because yes I would want to save my child, but I also wouldn’t want to let my other child suffer because we would just be using them. Like Anna in the movie, it really can affect a child and make them seem like they do not truly love her as a child rather like a form of keeping Kate alive. If I were to have a child for this, I think they should absolutely have a say because it still is their body. The fact that in the movie the mother was not really looking through her daughter’s eyes upset me a lot because she was only truly thinking about keeping her planned daughter alive. I would get a lawyer because it is my body and even though what they are doing is for a good cause, I don’t think that a child should be used as a tool.
ReplyDeleteI agree, the mother did not consider Anna's feelings and rather was just using her to keep Kate alive. No child should be used as a tool and they should be loved and cared for equally.
DeleteI totally see your point! You would want to do everything, but suffering another child isn't the right thing to do.
DeleteI agree, the child should be able to have a say since it's their body.
DeleteThis is a very touchy topic and its difficult to make a yes or no decision. If you say yes theres a great chance of your child disliking you later on and you may regret the decision on making them a savior sibling by the time they realize but you say no the child may die and you will have that guilty feeling inside knowing that you could've done something to help. I think the savior sibling should have a say whether or not they are used to save the older sibling because its their body. It doesn't matter if their young or old just because they were born one doesn't mean they want to be one. If I was a savior sibling I dont think I would like it knowing that my parents just wanted me to use me as a donor for their other child. I would first tell my parents i dont like it and if they dont understand then I would take matters into my own hands (just like in the movie) .
ReplyDeleteThis movie really touched on a sad topic as we all know how heartbreaking cancer is. If I was put in this situation, I think my decision would be insanely difficult because as much as I would want to save my sick child,I would not want to torture my other child and suffer as he or she was constantly protted, poked, and cut open. I think making a savior child is smart but truly not ethical because in the end you are just using that child for their body and they truly will feel left out and not equally loved by the parents. But of course in some cases parents do make these decisions and the only ethical thing when a child becomes a certain age is to allow them to choose if they want to keep donating their body to their sibling. Just like in the movie when Anna decided to sue her mother because she was not giving her the choice and considering her feelings she was only concerned about Kate's well being. No matter how old you are, you should own the rights to your own body and if parents try to force anything upon you, I would take matters into my own hands just as Anna did in the movie.
ReplyDeleteI agree, it would be a really hard decision
DeleteAfter watching the movie,I have very mixed emotions about being able to create a "Savior child". I don't think it's okay to genetically use a child and make that child go through painful tests to help another human being because then both are suffering. Watching the movie and listening to all the tests that have been done on the younger sibling was heart breaking, and then to know the sister didn't have a say in anything was even worse. I think it's wrong to put another life at risk and in pain even though it is very hard to watch your own child suffer. It would be very hard to watch your child suffer, knowing you can't do anything to help except create a savior child. I think if a family chooses to do that, they should let their child have a say in whether they want to help or not. All in all, I think both options are very sad and this topic is just a very difficult subject to talk about.
ReplyDeleteI agree, great writing
DeleteThis conversation is different for everyone. How far do you go for your child? I would do the maximum but to create another child just for the sole purpose to safe another, I feel isn't ethical. Imagine being a child and knowing your parents only made you to be tested and have surgeries on just to help they "favorite" child who is ill. In the movie, the father realized how it impacted his daughter Anna's life and how it was unethical. The mother on the other hand was cold-hearted and only was thinking about Kate. If I was a savoir sibling, to be honest I don't know if I would get a lawyer. That night I finished the movie and discovered that Anna got the lawyer because Kate told her she wanted to die and not to put Anna through this anymore. But some people do it for themselves and not for there dying sibling. It would all depend on how much pain and suffering I was going through to how my sibling with the illness felt. For so long?. And to see how my parents would treat me, as a savoir child lab rat or actually be loved and cared for.
ReplyDeleteAfter having watched the movie, the Savior Sibling, I don't believe it is ethical to create a savior sibling. If I was a parent in the same situation as the mother was in the movie, I would be very confused and would try to do all I can to save my child. But I don't think having another child to save your older child is right, and I would not do the same that she did. In cases where families do have a savior sibling, I do believe that the sibling should have a say whether they want to be used to save the older sibling. Afterall, its their body and they have the right to use it the way they want, just like Anna stated in the movie. However, I am not sure if I would go as far as seek a lawyer and sue my parents. The first thing I would do is talk to my parents and tell them how I am feeling. And if it did get to the point where they wouldn't listen to me and force me to do something I didn't want to do, then that is when I would contact a lawyer. Overall, I believe having a savior sibling is going way too far because at the end I think the whole family will just end up even more hurt.
ReplyDeleteI agree how it will do more damage than good by having a savior sibling.
DeleteAfter watching the movie, I don't think it is right to create a savior sibling. If my parents created me as a savior sibling I would feel less important my whole life. If my child was sick I would do everything to try and save him or her but I would not create a savior sibling for them. If I was a savior sibling, as the little girl in the movie says, I would think it would be my choice whether or not I wanted to donate or not, as it is my body. I think it would be okay to sue if my parents were forcing me into donating if I really didn't want to.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I could say if I would or would not have a savior child unless put in that position and I can't imagine what any parent would have to go through to make this decision. This being said, I don't think it would be unethical to have a savior child. If that child grows up and decides they don't want to be "used" to save their sibling they should be able to do that and be heard with no questions asked. In the movie, Anna's mom forced her to use her body to help her sister and even went as far to say something along the lines of if she dies, it is your fault. The way the situation was handled in this example was unethical. This was an awful place to put a child so young in. If I was in Anna's situation and realized that my body no longer belonged to me, I would take legal action. If I later wanted to donate bone marrow, blood etc. I of course would but while knowing it was my choice and not feeling obligated to because that was why I was born. I can imagine this would also have a big affect on the child who was sick and needed body parts. I would also feel awful in that situation knowing my sibling was being used against their will to save me.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I believe if I was in that situation I would want to be heard and not be forced to do something that I don't want to do.
DeleteInteresting opinion I agree children shouldn't be guilted into anything.
DeleteI believe as human beings we seem to always have reasons why we should and reasons why we shouldn't do things. When something is wrong it somehow becomes an attractive option when further looked upon; however in this case not even the extreme benefits are worth having a donor child. Sometimes it's easier to let things go than stretch and grow the pain, no matter how worth it it may seem in a moment of rage and sadness. The parents should let their child go and or rely on medicinal care rather than ruining another child's life so that the other child can continue to survive with a low quality of life. If I was born to be used rather than loved I would feel worthless- even though i'm keeping someone alive. I believe that the child, no matter what age, should have a say in weather their body gives donations or not because its their body. If the parents continually insisted upon my service I would fight back until my body was mine again.
ReplyDeleteNicely said.
DeleteAs humans we have a choice. I think that if I were a parent I would in the moment pray for my child to live as long as possible but by having another and slowly killing it then I'm doubling the pain if things don't work out with the first one. It would hurt me if I knew my parents had me to use me because parents are supposed to love us more than anybody else in this world. I think Anna was right to sue because she knew her sisters situation and even from the age of 5 and lower she was clearly unhappy and it was being forced onto her to do this.
ReplyDeleteI think that it isn't right at all to have a child genetically engineered to give away their organs even if it is to save their siblings life. Now if the child does want to be a donor for their sibling and want to try and save them,that would 100% ok but you can't put your child through all that pain just to save you child born before.
ReplyDeleteHaving watched this movie and given the controversy, I think this issue is just a matter of perspective and morality. Are you willing to cause another severe pain just to prolong someone's misery? To me, I would let the cancer-ridden person die, assuming the alternative is ruining another's life, even if it were my child. As a matter of perspective, it's quite unfair to the saviour child to sacrifice their own well being to a cause that's not guaranteed to succeed. I feel the lawsuit is extreme, and that the child should still have a say as to whether or not they will have to give away their happiness to their sibling. As I said before, this is ultimately a problem concerning whether or not someone is willing to give up their body to save another's. I would not go as far as to prolong someone's life at my expense, but I would help them best as I could to ease their pain, assuming they could fully recover. My only condition is that if the disease will be fatal, even if I help, I won't see a point or meaning to help them. Ultimately, this issue boils down to personal choice. The sue+lawyer option is unnecessary, but if need be, I feel that children should be entitled to this in extreme cases such as the one portrayed in the movie.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching "My Sister's Keeper," I think that is it not ethically right to create a savior child just to kill it in the process. Personally, I think that the savior child should have a say once they get older rather or not they want to keep donating for their sibling. I think that if I was a savior sibling I would get a lawyer and sue my parents. I think this because I believe that you should be able to chose whether or not you want to donate your organs. I wouldn't want to go through all of the pain and suffering that a savior sibling has to go through in order to save their sibling. Aren't the savior siblings worth keeping alive? Shouldn't you respect and nurture your child rather than put them through all of those procedures.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree, great paragraph
DeleteNice paragraph. I like the rhetorical question.
DeleteI feel that if you created a savior sibling for the purpose of saving your other child, then I could see it being somewhat ethical because their intentions were in the right place. If I were this savior sibling, i would want a say, but sometimes it doesn’t always matter because your sibling’s life is at stake with your decision. If this was me, I wouldn’t find a lawyer and sue my parents, but instead talk to them and see what the options were, if there were any at all. I think i would give my organs, blood, and bone marrow to save my sibling because they are my family and they would do the same for me. Sure you might not always get along with them, but their your sibling and they depend on you in order to live in this situation. The right thing to do is to always help your family first.
ReplyDeleteI think that you can't truly decide how far you would go to save your child until you have one as there is no one who understands that bond but mothers and fathers. But as I am now I think that I would risk everything to save them. Ethical or not parents will most likely do anything in a time of desperation to save their child. I think that a savior child situation handled correctly can be ethical but gone wrong become a terribly awful occurrence as well. If I was a savior child I would want to be able to choose because then my sibling knows that its my choice and that I'm not being forced so they don't feel guilty. I would choose to donate because no matter the amount of pain I was in I would know that my siblings was greater and couldn't live with myself if I didn't at least try to save them and lessen their pain. Overall a child should receive the choice to give their bodies to save their siblings or not once they are at an age where they can.
ReplyDeleteYou bring up a good point that none of us truly know what it's like to be a parent.
DeleteI really like the point you make about not knowing how it is to be a parent as well and how you explained everything, like how it depends on how it is handled. Epic job.
DeleteIt is not ethical to create a savior sibling, the sibling should also have a say in whether or not they want to donate. It is their right to be able to choose what to do with their body even when they don’t know how to communicate their feelings. I feel Anna had a lot of pressure to keep doing it for his family's sake, it seems like it would be very hard to stop helping your dying sibling. I would find a lawyer if I wasn't okay with it, I don't know that point of view that Anna has. Your parents can’t own your body, that would be insane.
ReplyDeleteI don’t think that it’s ethical to create a ‘savior sibling’. Although the initial intentions of the parent are good, creating a child whose life could be a living hell just to keep another one is wrong. Aside from the fact that the savior sibling shouldn’t have been born in the first place, the other child should have the choice between whether they want to be used as a donor for the sick sibling. Just like Abigail didn’t have the choice as to whether she was operated on or not, I think the child should at least be allowed that. I think I would hire a lawyer in order to be medically emancipated from my parents but it would also be dependent on how sick my sibling is and how many medical procedures had been performed on me.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree, its like making two people suffer instead of one.
DeleteAgreed, no point in dragging 2 kids down for one kids suffering.
DeleteI don’t think it is ethical to have a kid for the sole purpose of saving another. If your going to have a kid it needs to be because you want a kid, not because you need a donor. If a savior sibling doesn’t want to do procedures they shouldn’t have to. These kids don’t get to live normal lives because there to busy making sure they can donate. Some of these procedures are risky as well. People can die in surgery while donating kidneys, or could be at risk for other issues later on because they don’t have both kidneys. I get that a parent would not want to lose there kid, but even with donations it’s not even guarantee they’ll survive, and then you’ve also ruined a huge part of someone else's child hood.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, kids should be brought into the world as kids, not organ donors.
DeleteI do not think it is right, it is making a person to do something that is very cruel and painful. Although I dont know how having an actual kids is I would rather make a new child that doesn't have to go through that than a child who does. Its basically giving birth to two children and making their lives miserable. The second daughter is the movie was only there to save the first daughter and that is really sad because I just couldn't put one of my kids through that. Instead they have made organs outside of a body, maybe future breakthroughs in tech could help lead to growing organs in tubes that are fully functional this could solve many of the problems because they would get the DNA from the patient.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's ethical to have a savior sibling. I get that you want to save your kid and all, but not having your child have any say if they even want to have anything taken out of their bodies is just so disrespectful, and especially because it can be at such a young age too. I would probably do the same as the little girl did in the movie, and sue my parents for the right to be medically emancipated. I would especially do it if they have been taking so much from me, and are thinking of taking more without my say in it. I wouldn't ever have a savior child. I get what they're trying to do, and that they really want to save their kid, but it's not fair to the other child. I don't think I could go through with the surgeries anyways because you get so attached to a child, even if they are a savior sibling. I also don't think I could stand having my child scream and cry for some surgery that they don't even need.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree. Nice paragraph.
DeleteI think it is unethical to create a savior sibling. I don’t think it’s okay to create a life for the sole purpose of saving another. What kind of life does that leave for the savior? I believe that savior children should have a say of what happens to them. Many procedures can be painful to the body and take lots of time for recovery. Being a savior sibling also means that you have to be very careful and not get hurt, which leads to a not so fun childhood. For example, if the savior child gifted their sibling a kidney, they would have to be super careful not to injure themselves for they need the one kideney they have left. In fact, that child probably wouldn’t be able to participate in any sports. If I was a savior sibling I would not sue my parents for medical emancipation, but I would try and convince them to let me be. I would know that they are trying to save my sibling’s life and probably already have lots of medical bills so I wouldn’t want them to have to pay anymore. But, I would put my foot down and tell them I don’t want anymore procedures done.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. Nice paragraph.
Deletenice paragraph. i agree
DeleteWhile some may think that this is ethical and a perfectly good thing especially if it can save your child, I don’t believe this. It’s wrong to have a child just in order to save another one. I think that it puts an enormous amount of pressure on that child not only to be ok with giving up possibly vital organs but also to put the sick child through the pain of operations while taking the organs. If I had a child I wouldn’t do this because I wouldn’t want that for the savior sibling. It makes the sibling unable to do anything a normal kid would be able to do. The savior sibling should have a say in what they want to do. This important of a choice that will affect the daily life of the child shouldn’t be chosen by the parents that won’t feel the pain of watching everyone else do things that they can’t. If I was a savior sibling I would definitely want to be medically emancipated from my parents. I wouldn’t want my life to be that boring of just watching everything but never being able to participate.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your last sentence on how u want to live your life to the fullest and not always being super cautious.
DeleteIn my opinion, creating a savior sibling is wrong. Humans aren't designed to be donations, we are meant to be humans. If the sole intent behind a child is to strip it of its organs, I don't believe the child should be born. I would never create a savior sibling, and if I happened to be a savior sibling, I would pursue a lawyer and be medically emancipated from my parents. If a savior sibling should be born, I believe they should have a say in what happens to their body. Having that type of stress on a child would be horrid and unethical.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, I do not think it is ethical to genetically create a savior sibling. I can understand where this poor younger sister is coming from, because of all the surgeries she has undergone. She, let alone anyone, shouldn't be forced into something they do not want to do. And the fact that her own mother is making her do such a thing is making me sick. I think that the child should have a say in what he or she is willing to do for their own sibling. It just simply isn't fair.
ReplyDeleteI don't think its ethical to create a child for the sole purpose of using their body parts. I think that the child should have a say in weather or not they want to donate a body part. Although depending on the age the child could not know the reproductions of what donating can do to them. If I was a savior sibling I would want to be medically emancipated from my parents. I wouldn't want to know that I am only alive for somebody else.
ReplyDeleteI would do a lot to try to save my child but I don't think that I would be able to go through with genetically engineering a child just to force them to give up parts of their body. I don't think it's ethical to do this because it could effect how they think of me and their older sibling. I would also feel really bad for possibly having to put them in danger for a risky surgery. I think that the survivor child should get a choice in whether or not they want to go through certain procedures to help their older sibling. If i was a survivor child I don't think I would get a lawyer and sue them because if my older sibling has cancer then they're probably going through a lot emotionally and also spending a lot of money for treatment. In the movie you see how stressed and upset the parents get them Anna tries suing them so I don't think i would sue them. If they were trying to force me to go through with a surgery that would effect me for the rest of my life and I wasn't okay with it then I think i would just try to convince them to not make me go through with it.
ReplyDeleteI think that to some extent it is ethical to have a savior sibling, maybe. I don’t like the part where you genetically engineer it (It just doesn’t feel right to me), and that you bring it into existence just so you can use it for spare parts, but if it barely harms them, they’re willing, and it can totally save another siblings life, then great. I definitely think that once the sibling is old enough to have its own reasonable thought process it should have a choice. Someone, especially a little kid shouldn’t be completely forced against their will to give away parts of their body. If I was a savior sibling, I’d love to do as much as I could to help without being permanently severely handicapped in any way, but I don’t think I could do it if I’d get handicapped or die. If my parents were trying to force me like in the movie, I think I’d find a lawyer as well, that’s just too unfair. I’d feel horrible knowing I could have saved my sibling's life, but my parents also shouldn’t have brought me into the world expecting me to mindlessly give parts and die if needed without my say.
ReplyDeletefor me personally I believe that no person should be cut open for the benefit of another with the chance of no changing anything.
DeleteI believe that this whole process is just wrong. I get how people want to save their kid but at what price? Another human life? I personally would never do this to my child if I end up having one. If I was a "savior sibling", I would medically emancipate myself as horrible as people make it out to be. Just like the girl in the movie said, she wants to not be careful her whole life because of that and always have to worry about her health because she is keeping her sister alive; I would want to live the same way. It really is a hard decision to make as the savior sibling but I blame the parents for creating this mess in the first place.
ReplyDeleteYou have a valid point, I would agree with you.
DeleteI agree, I don't think this process is right either.
DeleteMy opinion on all of this is that I believe that it is wrong. I feel that a child should always have a choice and their whole reason that they were born shouldn't be just so that they can save the life of their sibling. This must effect them not only physically but also mentally because of the fact that they know they were only made for this reason and no one should have to experience that kind of feeling.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, it is unethical to create a savior sibling. The constant hospitalizations and procedures as described in the movie put the savior sibling at risk for medical issues of their own, and is no way for a child to live a life. Children are not commodities of their parents. I also think a child should have a say over their body no matter what age, even if they are too young for legal emancipation from their parents, as it is an issue directly concerning their health, and body that will last for the rest of their life. If I was being used as a savior sibling by my parent, I would sue at any point if the procedures became too invasive, or the amount of procedures posed a risk to my health.
ReplyDeletei agree, i think the child should have a say over what they do with their bodies.
DeleteI believe that the whole savior child is very unethical. The child born is no less of a human than the one they are meant to save. It is wrong that parents would value one life above another. I would still be okay with the whole process if the savior child had a say in it. If the parents are just taking parts, like in "My Sisters Keeper" than that is very wrong. If I were a savior child I would hire a lawyer and try to medically emancipate myself because I don't want my life to be in danger because of someone else.
ReplyDeleteI firmly believe that it is horribly unethical to create savior siblings. This belief is reinforced by that the creation of a savior sibling would only as an organ harvester for another child, this would create a great sense within the child of disapproval from the parents. Though best attempts to save the sibling they may die any way leaving the saviour sibling without organs and other parts of their body, only creating more suffering. If I were personally one of these savior siblings I would immediately seek medical emancipation through any means. This is due to my belief that no one should be cut open without it being completely necessary such as surgery.
ReplyDeletePersonally I think that it is very unethical to have a savior child. I don't agree with only having a child to try and save your other kid. At that young of an age the amount of stress and hospitalization that occurs in a savior child's life should not happen, especially with the high risk of medical problems not just at the time but down the line as they grow older. I think that the child should be able to have a choice whether or not they want to donate blood and organs for their sibling, it should never be the parents choice because they arent the ones that are going through all the procedures.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, I do not believe that it is right to have a savior child, and if you do have one, then they should be allowed to make their own choices. As Thomas Jefferson had once said, all men are created equal. So if the child has no say in his/her siblings medical problems then the parents are neglected what Thomas Jefferson had said. If I was a savior child I would first try to convince my parents into not having to be used to save an older sibling. If that doesn't work then yes I would find a lawyer to help get me medically emancipated from my parents.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, it isn't right to create a savior child. But, if you do have a savior child, they should have the rights to their bodies. They should be able to choose if they want to donate to their siblings. At young age, spending time in the hospital isn't fair. It takes away their childhood and limits them for the rest of their life. If I was a savior child, I wouldn't sue my parents I would sit down and try to reason with them and make a group decision.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching the movie "My Sister's Keeper" by Aaron Zigman I believe that it is not ethically correct to make a savior child. The purpose of having a savior sibling is to try and save the kid who has some disease or disability by taking the savior kids body parts or something else like bone marrow. For saving a child I would let them try as many medical procedures as they might need to try although I would not let a savior child be made. This defeats the whole purpose of trying to save a kid because 1) You are harming and potentiality killing the savior child and 2)The savior child may not work so you are at risk of harming both children. With saying this, if a savior sibling was created, I believe that he/she should have the full rights to say whether or not they are going to go through with performing a surgery or something else above the lines of that. Finally, if I was a savior child, I would want full rights to have a lawyer, but also for some of these kids who grow up as savior children, they don't know the difference so, they might not consult a lawyer.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, it is not ethic to create a savior child for the sheer purpose of harvesting from them. As shown in the movie everyone should have the right to have a say in what is being done to them, and when you are 2 you definitely do not have a say. When a parent is struggling with a child who had a severe illness like Kate in the movie, and has the possibility to treat them, but only with a genetically modified child, chances are they would jump on it without even thinking of the repercussions. Their second child would be miserable. I just don't agree with it.
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