// but it neglects to account for those who are horribly abused or who have mental health issues - or the young who are not necessarily capable of making the ‘right’ choices on their journey to adulthood. //
no it doesnt
consent in this country adequately takes into account mental health - you have to be pretty damn crazy to have the power to decide taken away from you
and consent in young people is well trodden - sort of graded, so consent to smallpox vaccine is less important to consent to a renal transpant....
altho I cant seriously see a child being tied down and transplanted if they were stoopid enough to say no....
refusal of consent has a different set of cases, but again is well worn/trodden in the courts.
as someone said - the answers on AB on this subject are ....... roughly typical
the text is here - in case you want something more meaty than the usual scrawny AB fare
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf