My Sisters Keeper
Evelyn Rivas
West Coast University
9 May 2013
My Sister’s Keeper Cloning is a controversial topic to where most people who argue about it, definitely do not agree with each other’s opinions. “My Sister’s Keeper” is a movie where one child, Anna, is conceived solely so her older sister Kate can fight leukemia. Once Anna reaches a certain age, she realizes what has been happening to her and refuses to go through with anything else by suing her mother. Throughout the movie, this situation tears the family apart and members of the family are heartbroken but it ultimately helps decide the outcome of what should happen (Cassavetes, 2009). In the movie “My Sister’s Keeper”, a girl named Kate is diagnosed with leukemia at a very young age. After running tests the parents find out that they along with the younger brother to Kate, are no matches for Kate to receive anything from them. The parents then decide it would be a good idea to have another child made specifically to be a match for Kate, which was suggested by another doctor. Another child is later born, Anna, and Kate is finally able to be healthy again and return back to a normal life. As many years pass Kate ends up with leukemia again and this time Anna understands what has been happening to her since she has been born and refuses to give her sister anything else. Anna ends up going to a lawyer and suing her mom for medical emancipation. The audience later finds out that Kate is the person that made Anna go to a lawyer and do this because Kate no longer wants to live. After all of the court hearings and going back and fourth with the judge trying to decide what to do, Anna won the case against her mom and became medically emancipated. During this entire process with the court, Kate ended up dying (Cassavetes, 2009). Kate’s mom’s actions are best supported by the ethical terms deontology and medical paternalism. Deontology is doing the right act and having the best
West Coast University
9 May 2013
My Sister’s Keeper Cloning is a controversial topic to where most people who argue about it, definitely do not agree with each other’s opinions. “My Sister’s Keeper” is a movie where one child, Anna, is conceived solely so her older sister Kate can fight leukemia. Once Anna reaches a certain age, she realizes what has been happening to her and refuses to go through with anything else by suing her mother. Throughout the movie, this situation tears the family apart and members of the family are heartbroken but it ultimately helps decide the outcome of what should happen (Cassavetes, 2009). In the movie “My Sister’s Keeper”, a girl named Kate is diagnosed with leukemia at a very young age. After running tests the parents find out that they along with the younger brother to Kate, are no matches for Kate to receive anything from them. The parents then decide it would be a good idea to have another child made specifically to be a match for Kate, which was suggested by another doctor. Another child is later born, Anna, and Kate is finally able to be healthy again and return back to a normal life. As many years pass Kate ends up with leukemia again and this time Anna understands what has been happening to her since she has been born and refuses to give her sister anything else. Anna ends up going to a lawyer and suing her mom for medical emancipation. The audience later finds out that Kate is the person that made Anna go to a lawyer and do this because Kate no longer wants to live. After all of the court hearings and going back and fourth with the judge trying to decide what to do, Anna won the case against her mom and became medically emancipated. During this entire process with the court, Kate ended up dying (Cassavetes, 2009). Kate’s mom’s actions are best supported by the ethical terms deontology and medical paternalism. Deontology is doing the right act and having the best
References: Cassavetes, N. (Director) (2009). My sister 's keeper [DVD].