The above journal is referring to a case involving New Brunswick’s Medical Consent of Minors Act, which says that if two doctors declare a minor under 16 to be mature and that he understands his disease and its proposed treatment, he has the legal right to accept or reject medical treatment, like any adult.
Jarida lililo hapo juu linarejelea kesi inayohusu Sheria ya Kimatibabu ya Watoto wachanga ya New Brunswick, ambayo inasema kwamba ikiwa madaktari wawili watatangaza mtoto wa chini ya miaka 16 kuwa amekomaa na kwamba anaelewa ugonjwa wake na matibabu yanayopendekezwa, ana haki ya kisheria ya kukubali au. kukataa matibabu, kama mtu mzima yeyote.