Yes. Indeed.

Ironically, the privacy matter involved with the Quinlan case is that the parents/guardians sought to terminate a medical treatment. The medical establishment regarded this termination as tantamount to murder. That is, without the treatment, Quinlan’s prognosis was death.

While based on the same reasoning in regards to personal privacy and medical treatment decisions, surely we can appreciate the diametrically opposite case of withdrawing an extraordinary, unwanted and ineffective treatment, vs. demanding to undergo one that affects not one life, but two, and again, parental rights over the very life and continued existence of a person who is dependent and reliant on others, and wholly incapable of answering or advocating for themselves.