Why Do Adolescents Have The Right To Make Medical Choices

Although, this is a very opinionated topic, do you think adolescents have the right to make autonomous medical choices? I agree to the fact that adolescents should and they shouldn’t have the right to make their own medical decisions because a child may make the wrong decisions that would cause their parents to be devastated or that would make their sickness very severe. If a child is sixteen years or older, they should be able to make their own medical choices. I think the doctor should tell the parents what they think would be the best decision for their child’s sickness. If there is only one choice to make and the parent’s don’t agree and they would want to do something different, there should be a court order made. You should want to try everything that could be done to save your …show more content…
So with that being said childen should have the right to make their own autonomous medical choices, or at least have some kind of say so. I mean, it’s their body! If you’re dealing with having a choice to abord a child or keep it, then I think that the child should have say so, rather than the parent depending on what the situation is. Everyone is opinionated and everyone has different opinions about certain situations. There is different situations on which the adolescence should make their own medical choices or if their parent should make the medical choice for them. If you go to the doctor for like a physical or check-up, then the doctor will ask you if you’d like your parent/s to stay in the room for some personal questioning to you. So, depending on the situation the adolescence or the parent should make the choice that they think will fit them best. All adolescents should not have the right, but most of them should have the right to based on maturity. Everyone mature’s at a different age than others and some adolescents maturity level might not be where another adolescence’s maturity level