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When you don't understand the science yourself and can't properly weigh the risks / benefits it seems fairly reasonable to rely on experts.

In this case, the parents likely did not have the information necessary to make a decision about their own offspring (especially since they were lied to).

As far as legal/societal decision making, I don't think we have a better solution than relying on experts. What is the alternative? Unless you are only talking about using personal morals for the purpose of discussing right/wrong rather than actually making decisions based on them.