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In a case in 1989 in Illinois, a 17-year-old female Jehovah's Witness was permitted to refuse necessary life saving treatments. [ 13 ] In 1990, the United States Congress passed the Patient Self-Determination Act ; even though key provisions apply only to patients over age 18, [ 14 ] the legislation advanced patient involvement in decision-making.
In 2022, Bernard was at the center of a high-profile case in which she served as doctor performing a medical abortion for a 10-year-old patient who traveled to Indiana from Ohio for the procedure in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the June 24, 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned the right to abortion. [8]
In most cases, girls aged 13 or above will be covered by this provision but pre-teenagers will not and parents, social workers and police can become involved to protect the child. Around 120 12-year-olds, at least five 11-year-olds and two nine-year-olds have had legal abortions since 1996.
Dr Hughes, who was a 23-year-old medical student at the time, had been present during surgery on the young patient and later approached her about a research project, a tribunal heard.
Clients in the case include Samantha and Brian Williams and their 16-year-old transgender daughter. She said she felt "trapped" and "drowning" in her body, and came out as transgender when she was 12.
A 12-year-old can consent to any 13-year-old. A 12-year-old cannot consent to any 14-year-old. Consensual (between minors) sexual intercourse over the 2-year age difference (where the minor is under 13 years old) would subject the older minor to a charge of Sexual Assault, 1st Degree, in violation of C.G.S. § 53a-70(a)(2).
The family took 10-year-old Maya Kowalski to All Children’s Hospital in October 2016 after she complained of severe stomach pain, believed by the family to be a relapse of her CRPS.
In 1676 Nathan Knight, an eight-year-old boy, was apprenticed to a mason, "bound... to serve and abide the full space and term of twelve years and five months." Provided food, shelter and clothes in exchange for his labor, the boy was not allowed to leave his master until he was 21 years old. [2]