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The right to bodily autonomy is not conditional on reaching an arbitrary age marker.
by ihnorton 12y ago
The right to bodily autonomy is not conditional on reaching an arbitrary age marker.
- khuey 12y agoYes it is. Parents don't ask their children whether or not they want to be vaccinated.
- ihnorton 12y agoTrue, but in the US at least, there is a very long jurisprudence that says government cannot compel vaccination over parental objections, as parents are stewards of a child's bodily autonomy. Parents have rights that government does not, but those rights do not include brutal beating or mutilation -- or compelled abortion.