Oh I see... in your first point, you were actually arguing to the opposite for what me (and also Leo it seems?) thought you meant?
Well my answer to that would be, less medical decisions certaintly are just that, lesser. And as I say and you say you understand, abortion is a special case.
So should there be other exceptions like abortion? Well I think the normal rule is that a parent should have their say in their child's health! It's their child. The reason why abortion should be an exception though, in my mind, is that as I said - I think it's completely preposterous for anyone, including parents, to have the authority over an underage mother, on what to do with the baby, and particularly to have the power to be able to force her to have it!
I just can't think of any examples analogous to that. There may be. But it's currently the only exception.
EvF
Well my answer to that would be, less medical decisions certaintly are just that, lesser. And as I say and you say you understand, abortion is a special case.
So should there be other exceptions like abortion? Well I think the normal rule is that a parent should have their say in their child's health! It's their child. The reason why abortion should be an exception though, in my mind, is that as I said - I think it's completely preposterous for anyone, including parents, to have the authority over an underage mother, on what to do with the baby, and particularly to have the power to be able to force her to have it!
I just can't think of any examples analogous to that. There may be. But it's currently the only exception.
EvF
