Transgender Children, Puberty Blockers, and the Law: Solutions to the Problem of Dissenting Parents

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Transgender Children and the Right to Transition: Medical Ethics When Parents Mean Well but Cause Harm

Notes

1. For a summary of the doctrine of parental autonomy and its relation to parents’ and children’s medical decision-making rights, including the mature minor rule, see Coleman and Rosoff (2013, 786–93); see also Coleman (2007, 517–624, further describing parents’ medical consent authority).

2. For a description of the law’s treatment of maltreatment claims based in psychological abuse and neglect, see Coleman (2014, 1289–1358, arguing from fiduciary theory that maltreatment law ought to take account of the whole child, including their physical and psychological welfare).