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If parental consent for contraceptives is mandatory then unsafe sex rates among minors will increase. Unsafe sex can lead to STD's and teen pregnancy. Minors want to have control over their personal health.

This article talks about how police in Sacramento let minors consent to DNA testing without their parents permission. It also veers into NDAA briefly which is why I chose it.

What is the age of consent for marriage? Who can and can not be married? And what types of marriage are there? This is explained in this article by enotes.

The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is a national organization committed to creating a political, legal, and social environment in the United States that advances equal rights of consenting adults who practice forms of alternative sexual expression. NCSF is primarily focused on the rights of consenting adults in the SM-leather-fetish, swing, and polyamory communities, who often face discrimination because of their sexual expression.

Supreme court will soon decide on if the police can obtain a blood sample with out the person consent. This will be a turning point for police officers.

Arguments focusing on the personal rights and freedoms of drug users. Poses questions about if it is a person's right to decided what to put into thier body and if it is the same thing as a person's right to decide to participate in a dangerous sport or activity.

This was a really interesting article! I never would have thought to parallel drug use with sports. However, I guess it makes sense when you think about the amount of athletes who use steroids to boost their game.

COYOTE's position on prostitution is that it should be decriminalized rather than legalized, for all private, consenting adult commercial sex. Any public activity (such as solicitation) can be regulated as other public activities are, and thus the concern over prostitution in one's neighborhood on the street is not a factor in decriminalization.

Very sad story of a forced sterilization on a young girl in the 1960's. North Carolina decided to do this without her consent. They did this to hundreds of men, women, and children.

Right now there are certain limitations on abortion; parental involvement, informed consent, and states having funding restriction. FOCA would trump the limits in the different states, removing limits and opening a portal for more abortions.

This article talks about whether it is okay for assist someones death. Euthanasia is the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit.

The Obama administration is proposing new rules to share student personal data with public agencies and private entities without consent of the student or his/her family. The information to be shared includes but not limited to grades, household income, mental issues and disciplinary actions. Sharing of such information violates the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act which is designed to protect student and family rights.

This article talks about the protections of the HIPAA Privacy Rule and how the Obama administration's gun control plan will disclose patient information without their consent for background check purposes.

Although it is believed that you must be 21 to drink alcohol in the United States, this is not the case. You must be 21 to purchase or be in possession but drinking is a different issue. States can choose whether or not it is allowable for persons under the age of 21 to drink, like in Texas if your parent consents to you drinking and its on your property it is not against the law.

I often think that individuals should have the freedom to self prescribe or have access to medication that doctors would prescribe without a prescription. This article from The Washington Post is an excellent reminder or why people should NOT have the freedom to buy dangerous drugs without doctor's consent. It gives examples of how online drug stores run their business using a middle man and a phone doctor to issue the medications. There is a story about one online pharmacy, run by an ex-felon, that went from filling 17 prescriptions in 6 months to over 1100 in a month. The author also mentions stories of indiviuals affected by this problem.