Seventeen is the legal age of consent in Texas, kind of difficult to make the argument that being legally mature to consent to have intercourse does not translate into legally mature.
Your entire argument is based on how you "feel" about issues...that's so liberal.
Regarding 17 and leaving the court to intrepret guidelines I'll post what I did earlier as you did not catch it then and then I leave you with this subject as it is you who does not want to see:
"If they meant legal age they would have said so. Heck, if they were of legal age then this would not be an issue. We are talking about minors. "Mature" is NOT defined. BUT playing by your rules, since one is not mature unless 17, then no one under the age of 17 in Texas should be granted an abortion without the notification of their parents. Then you are arguing that Gonzales interpreted the law incorrectly?"