Scope and Contents From the File: This case concerns Phillip Becker, a child with Down's Syndrome, whose parents, Warren and Patricia Becker, denied him a life-prolonging heart surgery, and then defended their right to do so in court. Phillip's heart defect was discovered prior to a routine oral surgery. The Beckers, who had had Phillip institutionalized for most of his life, worried that Phillip would outlive them and become "a burden" to his two brothers. A physician hired by the Beckers to examine Phillip wrote that he...