Consent Obtained Under Threat of Exclusion, Punishment or Loss of Opportunity Is Not Freely Given Consent

… sports, or is excluded from ordinary life because their parents declined a medical intervention, that is not meaningful consent. It is coercion.

Consent obtained under threat of exclusion, punishment or loss of opportunity is not freely given consent.

Medical decisions belong to individuals and families. Not schools, employers, corporations or the state. There should never be a penalty attached to saying no, PERIOD.

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