Thoughts about Ashley

Recently I heard the news of parents of a girl named Ashley, who was mentally disabled, used medical science to prevent the growth of the child. The reason they gave was it is lot easier to handle and take care of the girl if she stays young!!! I am really confused about this situation. At one place it is perfectly unethical to prevent the growth of any human being. But I was just Thinking from her parents’ perspective also. What they should've done? There are many cases we see in our neighborhood that many parents just don't care about the specially-abled child; they live in very pathetic situation. Just move around in the local trains or even any places of worship. So have Ashley’s parents have done something wrong, if they feel they can take care of their child better way if she stays younger as it will be less embarrassing for them.

But just putting more thoughts, credit to CNN-IBN where they had discussion on this. I felt that yes parents don't have any rights to prevent growth of their child. By giving birth, they don't have any rights on the body and life of their child. If you are ready to give a birth to child, it’s
your responsibility to take care of a child even though child is specially-abled. And as one lady concluded on that discussion, how can you leave hope on science. And miracles do happen. Children should be taken as blessings of God. And blessings can come in any form!