Biomedical paper

Some people think that children should not have the right to choose for themselves until they reach adulthood. Before that time they need to be protected from decisions that might harm them, and so their parents, in the light of medical advice, should make all the decisions, in the best interests of the child. Other people argue that children should have the right to choose as early as possible, perhaps from the age of five or six. The reason sometimes given for believing this is that any defect of understanding or rationality that can be found in children can also ...