Posted on 04/17/2012 4:03:24 PM PDT by WPaCon
At exactly what point does a person have 100% ownership of his own life? When he becomes 21? 18? When he is born? When he is conceived?
Is the child born to a couple the 'product of their efforts'? If so, is that child always 100% owned by those parents?
From conception.
Those rights are held in trust by the parents/legal guardians until reaching an arbitrary age of majority and then it is up to them to advocate for themselves.
This also ties in to the pro-life libertarian stance of “If it’s human, killing it is murder.”
No. The parents cannot “own” their child any more than they can “own” anyone else. As legal guardians, they are responsible for holding their child’s Rights in trust until they are old enough to exercise those Rights themselves.
Full neurological development is generally achieved around 18 years of age. This makes it not only congruent with the generally accepted age of majority, but backs up that age with a bit of biological science.
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