The law approved late Wednesday applies to those younger than 21 and calls for 15 years in prison for any violators, as well as a $50,000 penalty and the revocation of all licenses and permits of medical staff.
“Minors, having not yet reached the necessary emotional, cognitive, and physical maturity, are particularly vulnerable to making decisions that can have irreversible consequences,” the law reads. “Therefore, it is the State’s duty to ensure their comprehensive well-being.”
That argument never made sense to me.
The brain continually changes while you’re alive.
Is there really some process that stops at 26 for everyone? Sounds like newspaper-science.
It is lol, the idea that the brain “doesn’t stop developing until 25” is quackery.
iirc, it is based on a study that tracked brain development, the magic 26 number is erroneously labelled as when the brain “stops developing” instead of what it actually was, the age at which the study stopped
like if a study about height increase in children ended when the kids hit 14 and people cited that as evidence that people stop growing taller by 15 years old
https://www.sciencefocus.com/comment/brain-myth-25-development
oh hey, i was right
By the time you’re 18 the brain is already like 90% of the way there in terms of “development” so the idea they’re not “adults” then is still stupid.
if the brain ever “stopped developing” you wouldn’t gain any new memories or skills
its an ontological problem that can’t be resolved without a process ontology