Decency 0, Zealotry 1

I read today that the Connecticut courts have ruled that while an eighteen-year-old is mature enough to make decisions about their own healthcare, someone nine months younger can't understand the magnitude of such decisions. 

As a result, despite doing everything she can to communicate that she really doesn't want chemotherapy (up to and including running away), the poor girl who filed suit will be isolated and forced to continue undergoing chemotherapy -- at least until she turns eighteen and can legally tell the medical team to fuck off. 

Because we all know better how other people should live their lives...