[supercat]

There are millions of people in this country who are incapable of feeding themselves, or of even coherently expressing a desire to be fed. Many (indeed most) of these people would gain those abilities if efforts were made to teach them. Absent such efforts, it's unlikely that they would be able to gain such abilities on their own.

Should parents be forbidden from caring for these people, on the basis that they can't care for themselves and may or may not want to live?

[William Terrell]

Should parents be forbidden from caring for these people, on the basis that they can't care for themselves and may or may not want to live?

No. Parents should not be forbidden to do that. Are the Schindlers willing to take on that burden without compensation?