I'd like to start a dialogue amongst those of us who saw "My Sister's Keeper." I also read the Jodie Picoult book. SPOILER ALERT: The movie and book have vastly different endings. For those of you who saw and read--what do you think?
There are a lot of issues the movie raises:
-How do we let go of people and give them dignity in death?
-When do, or do we, stop treatments?
-Was it ethicial to "medicall engineer" a child?
-Is there, or should there be, such a thing as medical imancipation?
I'll contribute more of my thoughts once we get this dialogue going!
Thanks.
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I haven't read the book or seen the movie, only the trailers for the movie. As for the questions you pose:
I think some people would love to be able to "medically engineer" a child, and perhaps there's a certain element of that in the in vitro process if the mother is trying to be selective of the donor's background.
In this country, we've been fighting the issue of "medical emancipation." I think everyone deserves to die with dignity.
July 7, 2009 - 7:52pmThis Comment