Originally posted by Snrrub
You mean just like child vaccinations, haircuts, baths and dental appointments? Should the children who don't want those things be able to refuse them as well? The kid in the story posted by Pae involved a 15 year old, and in our society a 15 year old is not deemed old enough to make their own medical decisions like an adult. We allow kids to participate in those decisions, but when it comes right down to it, the child's guardian as the final say. I don't think there's anything unreasonable about this. Are you trying to argue that a 15 year old should be considered an adult?
The girl in the originally posted story was only 12 when she made the decision.

I'm not in her parents' place, so I have no idea how I would decide in the same situation.

Ultimately, though, it's still the parents' decision. In the first story, they respected their child's wish to not have the treatment. I bet that if the didn't agree, she'd be having the treatment.

It's really an illusion that the child is the one choosing. It's the parents choosing to stand by the child's decision or not.