Medical ethics, encore

Back in January, I read an article about a severely retarded child whose growth had been deliberately stunted. 403 has come across an editorial on the situation. (The linked piece is all one long paragraph; apparently the formatting from the Seattle Post Intelligencer was not preserved.) Essentially, the writer says that there is a chance the child may be aware, self-aware, smart enough to be able to make medical decisions for herself. It's a disquieting possibility.