originally posted in:Secular Sevens
Did the parents even consent to that, or did the doctors just go ahead and do it without permission?
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Do parent's have the right let doctor's remove their children's body parts?
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Yes, parents have the right to give consent to a medical procedure on a young child.
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If the child can't give consent, then yes the parent's legally have that right.
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So as a parent it would be completely fine for me to sell my child's body parts for money?
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I wonder how well this principle applies to other crimes. . .
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e.g. Do Parents have the right to let doctors -blam!- their children?
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Can parents consent to their children's suicide?
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I prefer to apply it blindly to all situations regardless of context.
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The article clearly says that the boy got the surgery in state foster care, and that his "parents" adopted him.