(November 22, 2016 at 10:48 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Should minors be allowed to get sex reassignment surgery without their parent's consent?
Apparently this is happening in Minnesota with a teen who wants to transition into a woman and the mom is saying no. Was curious to know yall's opinions on the legal side of things.
I'd say after 16 yes they should be allowed without their parents consent.
I've always thought the more important questions are who's paying for the surgery.
But parental consent isn't a big deal to me either way. Parents I suppose are statistically less likely to make sudden emotional stupid decisions. But other people have said that the medical procedure doesn't happen instantly so whoever it is that's getting the surgery has lots of time to change their mind.
I'm pretty sure when you're answering questions like these and laying down hypothetical laws it's basically just guess work. I guess 16 would be a pretty good age to give teenagers the right to change their hormones and surgically cut their body up to make it different. 16, it's a nice number I'll go with that.
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