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And the damage they do to their children? Is that their right too?

The allegedly "differently minded" should have the same rights, and be subject to the same restrictions, pertaining to how they treat their children. If one hurts one's children, protective services should step in, and in many cases one should lose one's custody.

Whether one does or does not take the advice of a medical professional regarding what one does or does not put into one's own body is not, in and of itself, relevant here.

I just consulted my girlfriend, who has MS and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, her opinion of the notion that citizens should not have the right to choose not to take medications prescribed for them. She said "Good God, I'd be dead by now if I took everthing that has been prescribed for me!"

In the case of psychiatric medications and prescriptions, I say this is is more applicable, not less. The potential invasiveness of the medication is more personal, the etiological understanding of the medical professionals is more questionable, and the social opportunities for using such an apparatus for the benefit of others rather than the benefit of the patient are frightening.

 

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