G360 Minority report: can minor-parents refuse medical treatment for their child

Infants are unable to make their own decisions or express their own wishes about medical procedures and treatments. They rely upon surrogates to make decisions for them. Who should be the decision-maker when an infant’s biological parents are also minors? M, is a 15 year old girl who has a long-standing needle phobia, she gives birth to B and is assessed to be capable of caring for him. B is discharged into M’s care on the second day of life. …