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Bachelet visits 14-year-old girl who pled for euthanasia since she is suffering cystic fibrosis

Monday, March 2nd 2015 - 00:56 UTC
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Chile’s president went to a hospital on Saturday to meet with a 14-year-old girl who shocked the country by going on YouTube to plead for the leader to let doctors euthanize her because she is tired of her struggle with cystic fibrosis. The government quickly said no after the video began spreading on social media Thursday. Read full article

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  • STroll with the_TroLL

    Interesting tidbit:

    “CF is most common among people of Northern European ancestry and affects about one out of every three thousand newborns”

    So even here it is the Anglo's fault.

    Causing suffering everywhere!

    Mar 02nd, 2015 - 06:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • nigelpwsmith

    It's not known where the gene first mutated, but it is known that the first people to notice the genetic error were the Germans and the Swiss.

    The gene has migrated across Europe and to the Americas, where it was first categorised.

    You cannot blame the 'Anglos' because they were not the source.

    Mar 03rd, 2015 - 04:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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