I think that Cassandra C. a 17 year old girl who is about to be 18 should be able to make her own decision when it comes to her not wanting to undergo chemotherapy treatment.
I think that if her mom supports her daughters decision then she should be able to go with what she's decided to do. Especially if she is about to be 18, even if they make her take the treatment, when she does turn 18 she will then be able to decide not to take the treatment anymore. Making her take the treatment from the start even though she didn't want to from the beginning is wasted time and medicine that could have went to someone else that wants and needs the treatment as well. I also think the 17 year old girl should be able to make decision when it comes to the treatment because she knows her chance of living and how much time she would have and she is OK with knowing that. People make these kind of decisions all the time. When they fill out their medical information when going under risky surgery's or whatever it may be people may fill out a do no resuscitate form. Even though she is only 17 and about to turn 18 she will be able to make that kind of decision then whether the state likes it or not.
I also think there should be some kind of law or rule to were if your 17 about to be 18, which is the age where u are considered an adult and able to make your own decisions and are refusing some kind of medical treatment, your parents are OK with it and you've been told the outcome of not going through with the treatment then people should be able to make that kind of decision at that age and it is a persons right to make their own decision.
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