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Re:A new treatment promises to make little people taller by big_chungus on Monday November 25, 2019 @07:32PM (#21634470)
There are tons of nasty side effects that go with dwarfism; it's not as though it's _just_ being short. It can cause bowleggedness, hunchback, limited mobility of elbows, and all sorts of other issues [0] (yes, those refer to the specific kind of dwarfism this medicine treats). A parent can't subject his kid to those just so he can feel like his kid fits a "culture". It's wrong for the same reason mutilating girls' genitals to fit a "culture" is wrong. It is unethical to cause a child a lifetime of problems for personal gratification or because of a parent's insecurities. At least cochlear implants can be given at a later age; this is a developmental thing which a child cannot choose for himself at a later age.

[0] https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dwarfism/symp...

Re:A new treatment promises to make little people taller by ackshually on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @06:05AM (#21637230)
When referencing baby genital mutilation, it might be worth dropping the "female". It's just as horrible to slice up a male baby's genitalia, and it's done much more often.
Re:A new treatment promises to make little people taller by vonseel on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @07:20AM (#21637622)
I wonder how much more prevalent phimosis would be if infant circumcision weren’t a thing, though. Speaking from experience here, lol, adult circumcision was not fun.
Re:A new treatment promises to make little people taller by mixedCase on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @12:39PM (#21640555)
Not very. Few countries practice widespread circumcision.
Re:A new treatment promises to make little people taller by homonculus1 on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:51AM (#21638700)
All genital mutilation is wrong.