(August 7, 2015 at 1:58 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: A child's brain is in the process of development. They begin reasoning logically at the age of 12. A child cannot make an informed decision about sex, because they lack the mental capacity to understand it.
Now we can argue the child may not have the mental capacity to understand what they are engaging in, however that argument its self is not stopping at all form young teens and kids that are already engaging in sex to keep engaging. In In fact many have argued that they are very much aware what they are doing and should be given the right to decide to do so.
Interestingly how when it comes to the child having sex we say they do not have the mental comprehension. Yet, we give children the right to engage in some very, very, adult things. For example in Sweden for example a child at the age of 6 or 7 can make a medical decision to be given assistant suicide. In some states teens as young as 15 can decide to have an abortion without the connect of their parents. And as stated before, kids can own a gun at the age of 5. So now the question becomes that if we can allow children to make life and death, adult, and dangerous decision now on some very heavy issues that can be argued are way more complected then sex. What is reason to say no for them to decided any other right to their own body?
