BRITAIN: Autism Self Advocacy Network [ASAN] condemns the approval giving to a mother to kill her disabled child

The killing of Nancy Fitzmaurice, a seriously handicapped kid who was not dying, has made worldwide waves with disability advocates particularly offended. Nancy's mom had asked for her girl to be executed and was conceded endorsement by the British legitimate framework. While the 12-year-old Nancy had huge inabilities, she could breathe all alone and did not require life support.

As result of starving of Nancy through the withholding of liquids, the Autism Self Advocacy Network [ASAN] has discharged an announcement condemning this choice, calling it "troubling" and "concerning".

The Advocacy group went on to say that:

The decision constitutes an extremely troubling legal precedent, representing the first time the British legal system has allowed a child breathing on her own, not on life support and not diagnosed with any terminal illness, to be killed by the medical system.

“Euthanasia of people with disabilities is an extremely dangerous and wholly inappropriate solution to inadequate pain management. In cases where painkillers are insufficient, a number of alternatives for pain management exist. A policy of euthanasia targets vulnerable people, particularly when it is applied to children. People with disabilities who experience chronic pain should have same access as others to life-sustaining medical treatment.

When parents and physicians have the ability to authorize the killing of disabled children, we see serious abuses. Recently, ASAN and twelve other disability rights groups filed an amicus brief in a case challenging the University of Wisconsin Hospital’s practice of counseling parents to withhold care from children with disabilities for treatable but life-threatening medical conditions. In one such instance, a child with developmental disabilities died after a hospital doctor advised his parents that they could withdraw his feeding tube – which provided fluids and nutrition – based on his supposedly low “quality of life.” The medical condition supposedly justifying this measure was treatable pneumonia. The child died the next day, after administration of morphine. Such actions demonstrate the results of a policy that allows families and clinicians to discriminate on the basis of disability in the application of life-sustaining treatment.”

It was reported that (ASAN) furthermore was “concerned that the voices of people with disabilities with similar support needs were not heard in this discussion.”