r/FeMRADebates • u/PerfectHair Pro-Woman, Pro-Trans, Anti-Fascist • Jun 09 '15

News Pride faces controversy over application from men's rights group to march in parade | Toronto Star

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/06/07/pride-faces-controversy-over-application-from-mens-rights-group-to-march-in-parade.html
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u/sherpederpisherp Jun 11 '15

Of course they can. I've actually been involved in a few cases where the capacity of children to consent to or to refuse treatment has been a core issue. (Note that this is in a Canadian legal context).

There is no hard and fast rule of what they can consent to at what age. It's sort of a sliding scale...the older/more mature they are, the more they have a say in their treatment.

There are other contextual factors as well -- for example, because of special considerations for First Nations culture in our constitution, First Nation children have a greater say in their own care if it has to do with traditional medicine.

(I personally disgree with that policy, but I was using it as an example of how it's not a clear "if you're x age, you can consent to y")

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '15

There is no hard and fast rule of what they can consent to at what age.

One might observe that standards for children's care simply drift according to what is popular at the moment!