Parents, regardless of profession, are eternally busy raising their children. From an early age, children are told who they can play with, what they can eat, where they can go and even when they should go to bed. But is there a point where parents go too far? In other words, is there a time when in raising a child, a parent intrudes so much into a child's life that those actions become detrimental to the child's development? This is the physically moral dilemma that emerges from the Ashley treatment. The procedure that opened up society's vision of human development brings with it an incredible amount of controversy. Moving on to a more theological approach, this procedure raises many questions regarding the human condition. For example, how can humans accommodate people with severe disabilities without depriving them of some natural human rights that are afforded to every individual? To take this to a more fundamental level, what should we do as human beings to help people with disabilities, while at the same time making sure we treat them as equal beings? Once you have addressed questions like these, you can reflect on the more focused question: Is the Ashley treatment ethical? In answering this question, it is important to remember that all people deserve to have a say in what happens in the world, particularly when those issues affect them. Also reflect that there are unique instances where someone else may need to speak on behalf of an individual in order for that person to be heard. This is the case for many people with profound disabilities like Ashley. The Ashley treatment is a rather new and innovative procedure with incredible ethical inconsistency. This treatment was designed by doctors of ...... half of the document ...... about their child, specifically regarding profound disability and the "Ashley Treatment". Liao, S., Julian Savulescu and Mark Sheehan. “The Ashley Treatment: Best Interests, Convenience, and Parental Decision Making.” Hastings Center Report. 37.2 (2012): 16-20. Web. March 25, 2012. This essay evaluates the benefits and consequences of the "Ashley Treatment" procedure. Examine how it was created, why it was used, and the ethical justification to validate its use. Ryan, Christine. “Review the legal standards governing sterilization requests of profoundly incompetent children: in light of Ashley's treatment, this is an appropriate new standard.” Fordham Law Review. 77.1 (2008): 287-325. Print.This article discusses the controversial “Ashley Treatment” from a legal and ethical perspective. Use the court's decisions on this topic to create the author's argument.