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CNN interviews Ashley x's Parents
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/03/12/pillow.QA/index.html

Disabled girl's parents defend growth-stunting treatment By Amy Burkholder CNN March 12
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/03/12/pillow.angel/index.html

Debating 'Ashley's treatment' Posted by Beth Loechler | The Grand Rapids Press January 18, 2008
http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/01/debating_ashleys_treatement.html

Defend Disabled Children's Rights - http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ratifyconvention/

Behind the Pillow Angel Rebecca Claren, Salon http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/09/pillow_angel/
Letters in response: http://letters.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/09/pillow_angel/view/?show=all

An Ethically Unsound “Therapy” Emotions and motives to the side, this radical procedure is unjustifiable. Wesley J. Smith, National Review http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NTNhNDAzMzQxM2YwZjkwMjMxZGY4Y2FiNDRjZTFkMjM=

After Ashley: Covering Children with Severe Disabilities, Leann Frola, Poynter Online
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=83&aid=117278

Mysteries of Mental Age Randy Dotinga, Wired
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/medtech/0,72569-0.html?tw=wn_index_6

Growth-curbing therapy spurs rights dispute. The "Ashley treatment" developed for a girl with severe disabilities raises the medical ethics question: For whose benefit was it done? Kevin B. O'Reilly, AMNews
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2007/02/05/prsa0205.htm (full text )

Activists for disabled maintain AMA shunned them Kelly Mahoney, Chicago Defender
http://www.chicagodefender.com/page/local.cfm?ArticleID=8369

ACT Memo: This Helps Me More Than It Hurts You
Link no longer live

Family at ease with decision to stop growth (Editorial), Chuck Green, The Pueblo Chieftan http://www.chieftain.com/editorial/1170235020/3

Not a Treatment Option Mary Johnson Ragged Edge
http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/blogs/edgecentric/media/003048.html
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A Convenent Truth Peter Singer New York Times (Commentary)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/opinion/26singer.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/26/opinion/edsinger.php
Letters to editor in response: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/opinion/l31singer.html
Pastor Chad's Blog response: http://pastorchad.blogspot.com/2007/01/scary-conclusions.html
Another letter: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/02/opinion/l02singer.html

YouTube testimonies by Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
July Petty • Bernard Baker • Bernie King • Betty Williams • Brad Linnenkamp • Bryon Murray •Chad Sinanian • Chester Finn • Gayle Berniece Gardner • Jeffery Ridgeway • Monica Cooper •
Nancy Ward • Tia Nelis • Tracy Southard • Victor Robinson

Parents of “Pillow Angel” went too far - Parents halt daughter’s growth for sake of simpler care, “snuggle time.” Brianna Hersey (The Funeral Goer Column) McGill Daily News
http://www.mcgilldaily.com/view.php?aid=5807

Fighting for Ashley 'Pillow Angel' debate rife with complexity Evi Sztajno The Falcon, SPU, Seattle
http://www.thefalcononline.com/story/5681

Treatment denies girl dignity, rights    Michael Adair    Sidelines Online, Middle Tennessee State U
http://media.www.mtsusidelines.com/

'National Sanctity of Life Day' and 'Ashley's Treatment'   Xxdr Zombiexx     Daily Kos  
Link no longer live

Arresting Development        William Saletan      Washington Post (Commentary)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/19/AR2007011901359.html
http://www.morningsentinel.com/news/2007/0123/Commentary_Cent/014.html
http://www.slate.com/id/2157861/?nav=fix

Ochazuke  A Wish of ‘Pillow Angel’ (Opinion) Nao Gunji  Los Angeles Japanese Daily News 
http://www.rafu.com/nao_0120.html

Ashley Eleanor Cantor Inclusion Daily Express
http://www.inclusiondaily.com/news/families/canter.htm

Similar Case, Vastly Different Approaches Helen Anderson Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Life/article/172192

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Brain-damaged nine-year-old girl's medical treatment fires ethical debate  (Editorial)  The Times of India 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/OPINION/Editorial/TIMES_

The 'Ashley treatment' and ethics (letter)  Scott Novitsky/Walker  Grand Rapids Press 
http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1169222124292990.xml&coll=6

People in UK trying to prevent another Ashley X treatment    Maldives Health  
http://maldiveshealth.blogspot.com/2007/01/people-in-uk-trying-to-prevent-another.html

The Ashley Effect NH- NPR Laura Knoy
http://www.nhpr.org/node/12110

Pediatrician: 'Ashley' Treatment Not a Trend    Kristen Philipkoski, Randy Dotinga and Scott Carney     Wired
http://blog.wired.com/biotech/2007/01/pediatrician_as.html

Charities Speak Out on Ashley X Case, Anne Thomas Christianity Today
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/charities.speak.out.on.ashley.x.case/9167.htm

Ashley and the Dangerous Myth of the Selfless Parent       Alice Dreger     Bioethics Forum
http://www.bioethicsforum.org/Ashley-treatment-parental-responsibility.asp

The Ashley Treatment and the Making of a Pillow Angel   William Peace  Counterpunch 
http://www.counterpunch.org/peace01182007.html

Hundreds outraged over child 'frozen in time'     Pam Caulfield      24 Dash.com    
http://www.24dash.com/health/15369.htm

Ashley X: What should parents do? Elaine Friedman Humanist Network News
http://www.humaniststudies.org/enews/?id=280&article=0

Campaign to prevent Ashley case     Geoff Adams-Spink    BBC News  
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6267929.stm

Struggling to decide how disabled people fit in     Sharon Emery       M Live 
http://www.mlive.com/news/statewide/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1168890002219000.xml&coll=1

A careful decision to comfort an angel (editorial)   Seattle
Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2003526343_ashleyed16.html

The Ashley experiment should never be repeated  (Opinion)    Michael Cook   Sydney Morning Herald
 http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/the-ashley-experiment-should-never-be-repeated

On Ethics: Ashley's treatment: Whose business? Which ethics? (Opinion) John Dienhart & Paul Glezen  Seattle P.I
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/299518_ethics14.html

What will follow Ashley's treatment? (Op-Ed)    Rose Russell    Toronto Blade    
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070113/OPINION04/701130351

'Pillow angel' treatment dehumanizing     Helen Henderson     Toronto Star 
http://www.thestar.com/Life/article/169916

Ashley "X"     Miguel Guanipa       The American Daily 
http://www.americandaily.com/article/17212     http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/01/ashley_x.html

Brain-damaged nine-year-old girl's medical treatment fires ethical debate    The Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/OPINION/Editorial/

Parents of disabled children ask doctors for ‘Ashley treatment’  Ed Pilkington   Vol 6 #2
http://www.gulfweeklyworldwide.com/article.asp?Sn=4089&Article=14418

Forever a girl ... destined to grow up        Jim Ritter, Health Reporter       Chicago Sun Times
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/health/208411,CST-NWS-wwcontro12.article

Disability community decries 'Ashley treatment'   Elizabeth Cohen       CNN International  
 http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/11/ashley.outcry/

Probe Sought In Girl's Growth Stunting     AP     KOIN News 
 http://www.koin.com/Global/story.asp?S=5930936

The Pillow Angel      Larry King Live   CNN   
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0701/12/lkl.01.html

Advocates Speak Out And Call For Investigations Over "Ashley Treatment"
Dave Reynolds    Inclusion Daily Express    
http://www.inclusiondaily.com/archives/07/01/12/011207waashleyx.htm

Honey, We Shrunk the (Developmentally Disabled) Kid!    Tom Shakespeare OUCH!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/columnists/tom/201106_index.shtml

Pillow Angel Ethics    Nancy Gibbs      Time    
 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1576833,00.html

Activists condemn surgery to stunt disabled girl's growth    Lindsey Tanner  AP Medical   
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/11/ap/national/mainD8MJ8M6G0.shtml
http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=322733 
http://www.komotv.com/news/local/5167362.html
http://www.australasianbioethics.org/Newsletters/235-2007-01-16.html#disability

Protest planned in Chicago over 'Ashley's treatment' in Seattle      AP    
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Stunted_Daughter.html

Ethicist in Ashley case answers questions  Amy Burkholder    CNN   
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/11/ashley.ethicist/index.html

Disability community decries 'Ashley's treatment'    Elizabeth Cohen    CNN 
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/11/ashley.outcry/

It's wrong to keep girl as "Angel"   Andre' Picard    Globe and Mail  
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070111.HPICARD11/TPStory/?query=pillow+angel

For Ever Young    Michael Cook     Mercator.net  
http://www.mercatornet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=450

"Pillow Angel" Sparks Online Debate    Melissa P. McNamara     CBS News 
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/09/blogophile/main2340418.shtml

Ashley Treatment - towards a better quality of life for Pillow Angels    Spirit India 
http://www.spiritindia.com/health-care-news-articles-5388.html

The Ashley Treatment: For Love Of The Child (Commentary) Alan Burkhart  Post Chronicle 
http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_21258235.shtml

Disability Nation Podcast DN/19
http://disabilitynation.net/blog/2007/01/dn19-ashley-treatment_7951.html

Disabled Child’s Parents Defend Growth-Retarding Therapy  Evening Weekly
http://www.eveningweekly.com.mv/?op=details&id=3542

Pillow Angel Centre of Ethical Storm       Bio Edge
http://www.australasianbioethics.org/Newsletters/234-2007-01-09.html#pillow

Pillow Angel Ethics, Part 2      Nancy Gibbs   Time Magazine (see part 1 on the 7th)
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1575325,00.html

Parents of Disabled Children Ask for the "Ashley Treatment"    Taipei Times 
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/01/09/2003344027

Pillow Angel Ethics, Part 1 Nancy Gibbs, Time
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1574851,00.html

Horrible truths around the Pillow Angel       India Knight   Health News, Times OnlineUK
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-2534561,00.html

Parents Keep Disabled Girl Forever a Child, Using Surgery to Stunt Growth and Stop Development
Gudrun Schultz    Life Site News
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jan/07010906.html

If only right-to-lifers cared as much about the living   Mary Riddell   The Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1984528,00.html

Ashley X - Avoiding Oversimplification   Anne Corwin   Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies 
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/corwin20070107/

There are no moral absolutes in tragedy         Terry Lane      The Age (AU)
 http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/

There but for the grace of God . . . (Opinion)  Vicki Woods     Telegraph.co.uk  
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/01/06/do0602.xml

'Ashley Treatment' Questioned By Parents: Ethicists And Parents Of Children With Disabilities Ask If Stunting Child's Growth Is Best         CBS Evening News, New York, Jan. 6, 2006
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/06/eveningnews/main2335079.shtml

Is ‘Peter Pan’ treatment a moral choice? Debate over stunting a disabled child's growth pits comfort against ethics    Art Caplan   MSNBC   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16472931/

Disabled Child's Parents Defend Growth-Retarding Therapy    Neil Osterweil   MedPage Today
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/Parenting/tb/4814

Parents to Stunt Growth of Disabled Child NPR Day to Day (Audio) Joseph Shapiro
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6729344

Hormone treatment dehumanizing Canadian Association for Community Living
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2007/05/c3613.html?view=print

Parents defend treatment to keep girl child-sized       CTV.ca News Staff
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/

Parents Push 'Ashley Treatment' On Website; Disability Advocates Respond To Girl's Stunted Growth     Dave Reynolds      Inclusion Daily Express      
http://www.inclusiondaily.com/archives/07/01/05/010507waashley.htm

Treatment keeps girl child-sized       BBC News   
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6229799.stm

Surgery to stunt disabled girl's growth raises ethical questions      CNN HEALTH   
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/01/04/ashley.treatment.ap/index.html

Frozen in time: the disabled nine-year-old girl who will remain a child all her life· Parents fiercely criticised over 'offensive' surgery      The Guardian    Ed Pilkington in New York     
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1982370,00.html

Parents halt growth of severely disabled girl   Sam Howe Verhovek   Los Angeles Times   
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2003508

At Parents' Request And Ethics Panel Approval, Doctors Deliberately Stunted Six-Year-Old's Growth
Dave Reynolds      Inclusion Daily Express        November 2, 2006 
  http://www.inclusiondaily.com/archives/06/11/02/110206waashley.htm

Growth Attenuation: A Diminutive Solution to a Daunting Problem (Response) Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:1077-1078.  http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/160/10/1077

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