I do not think adolescents have the right to make autonomous medical choices because of multiple reasons. They could be wrongly influenced, not understand some of the effects, be ignorant, or just want to be rebellious and disagree with a parent, guardian, or adult(s). If you are under 18 you are considered a child and therefore your parent, guardian or whomever is in charge of makes mostly all of your decisions for you or at least the have the authority to. 18 is usually a magic age number to refer to kids, at this age kids become adults and they have the option to make their own decisions for themselves. Also at 18 years old they are referred to as adults to society. All that being said I think you should not be able to make medical decisions if you are not 18 years old or older. Parents or Guardians usually know a lot more than kids in a lot if not most situations, just frankly the have more experience and knowledge about stuff. Therefore they are able to judge and make better decisions than adolescents.
It also depends how you look at the subject, imagine a baby is born with both sexal reproductive organs its obviously the parents decision because the child was just born. Also adolescents who have been battling or struggling with illnesses such as varieties of cancer, kids born with an abnormal limb, or a messed up limb basically just kids battling with an illness for most of their life are uniquely situated in a position to make smart, comprehensive decisions about their own medical needs/care. Also the kid or the individual under 18 years …show more content…
For example, if a child’s physicians believe that the parent’s choice will harm the child, the physician can ask a court to intervene. This is a very rare occurrence, but it happens sometimes. I have been involved in a few of those cases. But that’s not what I’m writing about now, I’m writing about nearly-adults, those children who are almost independent, but not
It also depends how you look at the subject, imagine a baby is born with both sexal reproductive organs its obviously the parents decision because the child was just born. Also adolescents who have been battling or struggling with illnesses such as varieties of cancer, kids born with an abnormal limb, or a messed up limb basically just kids battling with an illness for most of their life are uniquely situated in a position to make smart, comprehensive decisions about their own medical needs/care. Also the kid or the individual under 18 years …show more content…
For example, if a child’s physicians believe that the parent’s choice will harm the child, the physician can ask a court to intervene. This is a very rare occurrence, but it happens sometimes. I have been involved in a few of those cases. But that’s not what I’m writing about now, I’m writing about nearly-adults, those children who are almost independent, but not