Re: Medical Emancipation/My Sister’s Keeper (2009), Chicago Med (2015-)
When can a child exercise control over their own body and medical decisions? Does a child have to fully emancipate themselves from their parents in order to make those medical decisions?
Sources:
Bellotti v. Baird, 443 U.S. 622 (1979).
In re E.G., 549 N.E.2d 322 (Ill. 1989).
Smith v. Seibly, 431 P.2d 719 (Wash. 1967).
Michelle Davis and Andrea Fang. “Emancipated Minor,” StatPearls. National Library of Medicine (May 1, 2023). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554594/
Written, Researched, and Recorded by Céleste Young, 2023-2025.
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