Ashley X, born in 1997, has severe developmental disabilities due to static encephalopathy

Ashley X, born in 1997, has severe developmental disabilities due to static encephalopathy. She is assumed to be at an infant level mentally and physically. A controversial set of medical procedures, known as the Ashley Treatment includes growth attenuation via estrogen therapy, hysterectomy, bilateral breast bud removal and appendectomy. The purpose of the treatment was to improve Ashley’s quality of life by limiting her growth in size, making her easier to care for, and eliminating menstrual cramps and bleeding

Do you think virtue ethics was involved in the parents’ and doctors’ decisions in The Case of Ashley X? Why or why not?

How would the seven universal ethical principles of nursing be applied to The Case of Ashley X and what would the conclusion be?