I've said upthread that I think it is a hard and challenging decision. I agree with Unionist in saying "I don't know". And I also have a pretty clear opinion about what I think would work medically here, and what I think is a swindle.
But if it is a question of a community being able to make decisions for their own people, and recognizing someone's control over their own body, then no, I don't think the decision-makers failed at all here. And more than anything I base that on the opinions of the people from that community posted upthread. That's why I don't say I think the judge made the wrong decision.
As it happens, my family had a small taste yesterday of how some medical professionals (like plenty of others in authority) can be reflexively and unnecessarily demeaning toward the people they are supposed to serve, and wield the control they have in a way that treats adults like irresponsible children who can't look after or make decisions for themselves.
The experience left a very strong member of my family in tears, and made my blood boil.
I can't imagine how that same experience would feel if it was the same authority that destroyed my community and murdered my family because they knew what was best for us trying to break into my community again and impose their will.
One of the biggest mistakes our people make is that just because we know some facts, we assume we have an absolute understanding (and an equally absolute self-righteous outrage) about what is the right thing and what others are doing wrong.
If we want to talk about who is uneducated and ignorant and who has failed that is what stands out most for me in this situation.