The article, "Pillow Angel Ethics", was a very interesting piece. The speaker of this article proposed two sides to a controversial topic in the least biased way possible. Ashley, a severely disabled child, has been given the opportunity to stop growing at the age of 6, which means breast development and height, and the removal of her uterus. Is this really an opportunity for Ashley though? The author did an effective job of addressing the controversial topic, "What kind of doctors would agree to intentionally shorten and sterilize a disabled six-year-old girl to make it easier for her parents to take care of her", by providing second-hand evidence of Ashley's case. The speaker focused on one piece of second-hand evidence primarily and expanded on it by giving the opinions of Ashley's parents and doctors. As stated in the article, "Dr. Daniel Gunther and Dr. Douglas Diekema, who first revealed the details of "The Ashley Case" in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, think that many of their critics don't understand the nature of this case." The parent's view behind this was a slippery slope as well which weakened the parent's position on this topic. The parents claimed that these operations on Ashley will guarantee that she will be happy but there's no real possible way to tell. This scenario is much similar to the case of euthanasia, whether it should be allowed or not. People claim that this act is considered criminal homicide while some argue that it should be excused. Patients going through pain and suffering sometimes request to put an end to it all and whose to say that they don't have the right to. Regardless, there has been claims of values proposed saying its ethical or unethical, much like Ashley's case, and claims of policy, where people propose to to legalize euthanasia. Sadly to say, my deceased mother gone through somewhere along those lines. I used to have weekly visits to my mother, who was patient with terminal cancer, in the hospital. The pain she is put through just for minimal survival was horrible and it just brought the idea in my head whether it would be better for her if all of this was put to an end. To this day, controversial topics like Ashley's case and my mothers' catches my attention but overall the speaker proposed a lot of elements of an argument making the piece fairly effective.