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No no no!  The two situations you present are completely different.  [b]The government cannot force any person to undergo a medical procedure against their express wishes[/b], not even for the benefit of another person.  For example, you can't be forced to donate a kidney to your dying child if it's against your religious beliefs, even if you are the only viable donor.  Thus, the government also cannot force a woman to give birth in a hospital / under certain conditions (a medical procedure) against her wishes, even for the benefit of the child.  TOTALLY different from laws against abuse or withholding medical treatment from children (laws which I fully support).

However, this absolute right to personal control over your own medical treatment does NOT extend to a right to force medical professionals to provide assistance.  Medical professionals should absolutely be able to refuse to treat patients who are asking them to violate professional standards of care or codes of conduct.[/quote]

There are quite a few underage people who have been forced by court order to undergo chemo.

Here is one:

http://articles.cnn.com/2009-05-29/us/minnesota.forced.chemo_1_chemotherapy-alternative-medicine-minnesota-boy?_s=PM:US[/quote]

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