science · 17 October 1985 · 40 years ago
The British House of Lords decides the legal case of Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority which sets the significant precedent of Gillick competence, i.e. that a child of 16 or under may be competent to consent to contraception or – by extension – other medical treatment without requiring parental permission or knowledge.
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