consent is not a technicality. sex, medicine, whatever. i don't much care that they were children, they still had the right to help make decisions about their medical care. if the state has custody, they have the obligation to act in the interest of the child, not the medical research establishment. experimental treatment, when it's the best hope, is certainly okay. but part of that bargain is that people know what they are signing up for, accept the risks, and consent to take a chance for the good of medicine, and possibly themselves.
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