The Rights of Minors
I am highly segmented on this issue, very highly, partly because it wasn't that long ago that I was considered by law a minor myself and a very stubborn minor at that, plus a few personal feelings regarding humanity as a whole tend to split (As I'm sure it does others) into two sides, both will be addressed before I develop a headstrong opinion of one.
1st Paragraph: Pro Rights of Minors
2nd Paragraph: Con Rights of Minors
Every man (And that includes women) is born Equal under God (Or more accuratly the State), that's the basis on which Modern Western Government create their laws, partly for moral reasons and mostly because of the Economic benefits it has proven to achieve. That freedom extends to all individuals until they infringe on the freedom of others, and technichly that should include minors. Decisions based on their lives will primarly affect them (And partly those around them, like it does for adults) and because they have the most viable knowledge of how it affects them, it should solely fall to them...however.
Most minors have caregivers, mostly parents, who have raised that minor since birth, for better or worse. They have given that minor life, they are responsible for it as well as the minor's outlook and well being, hence they are responsible for the minor's decisions, until that minor reaches a stage where he/she is no longer a minor in the eyes of the State. However...
Should the State dictate what a minor is? and what the minor can do?
And what if the caregivers fail to prove themselves responsible, what then?
To what extent should minors be provided rights to their own decision, if any?
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