tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post1844006828250655935..comments2023-08-10T14:58:46.329+07:00Comments on Authority!: Should Children Have Reproduction Rights? Timothy J Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10634355920003282809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post-66661009929681058092013-02-15T21:44:23.667+07:002013-02-15T21:44:23.667+07:00"...she’s a minor child by definition of the ..."...<i>she’s a minor child by definition of the law"</i>. And? Everyone commits 3 felonies a day (unless they are more ambitious) "by definition of the law". The "<a href="http://kentforliberty.com/counterfeitlaw.html" rel="nofollow">law</a>" is a sloppy pile of dog poop. You may get shoved into it, but don't choose to step in it of your own free will.Kent McManigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005964583189815410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post-39705357312458962212013-02-15T17:48:08.214+07:002013-02-15T17:48:08.214+07:00Our society seriously needs a graduated transition...Our society seriously needs a graduated transition to legal adulthood. A 9 year-old is a child, legally, physically and mentally. A 16 year-old is really only a child legally. A pregnant 16 year-old is going to finish growing up real fast, but she won't be the first 16 year-old to do that, nor the last. <br />Less than 100 years ago, 16 year-olds basically were adults, except that they couldn't vote or own property till 21 in most places. They were surely expected to act adult an put in an adult's day's work. Keep in mind that every extension of legal or perceived childhood and every extension of required or expected years of education has done far more to decrease the number of young folks in the labor market (which makes organized labor happy) than it has to improve the educational attainments of young adults.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067701162901440088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post-90594176934100041962013-02-14T20:30:04.773+07:002013-02-14T20:30:04.773+07:00"Why shouldn’t those decisions be her constit..."Why shouldn’t those decisions be her constitutional rights just like they would be if she were of age?"<br /><br />Apparently, because you don't want her to, and because somebody drew an arbitrary line at age 18 (or sometimes age 21) as to when she suddenly becomes an 'adult'. This girl obviously is adult enough to have sex and get pregnant. Where were her parents then? <br /><br />It wasn't that long ago that it was quite common for 16 year olds to be mothers. In fact, it was a biological necessity. Our economics and technology have freed us from our biological chains, but apparently we've simply replaced them with political ones. <br /><br />And what about the rights of (and responsibility to) the unborn child? Are parents allowed to deliberately kill one child in order to save another? I fully support a woman's right to end her pregnancy, but in what universe does this require the killing of the unborn? What if the girl wanted to go through with her pregnancy but put the baby up for adoption? Would the parents still have the right to force an abortion?<br /><br />Our society has infantilized our children to the point where they are still considered children into their twenties. This is ridiculous. I think a child becomes an adult when they are adult enough to petition for their emancipation. Keeping them in diapirs their whole life is not doing them any favors, no matter what our opinion is of their decisions, or how much wiser us 'adults' might think we are.geoihhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228052543574335663noreply@blogger.com