I believe in individual freedom, not giving some people the freedom to deny freedom to other people. That includes limiting the rights people have over their children's bodies and beliefs.
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We might say "No' to a 16 year old wanting a mastectomy, for example, but decide a 14 year old saying he wants a circumcision because he is Jewish can make that decision. Ear piercing is almost reversible so perhaps a ten year old could take responsibility for that decision.
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There is always a certain arbitrary nature to the ages at which we decide kids can make their own decisions about sex, drinking, voting, tattoos etc and we will always disagree. The principle is tho that they should be the ones to make them.
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