Your next-door neighbor tells you she read an article about a 17-year-old girl who was severely punished by her parents when they were found out she began taking birth control without telling them; then your neighbor relates a second article about a 15-year-old boy who is being tried as an adult for murdering his abusive stepfather. Your neighbor doesn't understand why the girl was not allowed to make this personal choice for herself because she was considered a minor, but the boy, who is younger, is being treated as an adult. What can you tell her?

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The Answer of Your next-door neighbor tells you she read an article about a 17-year-old girl who was severely punished by her parents when they were found out she began taking birth control without telling them; then your neighbor relates a second article about a 15-year-old boy who is being tried as an adult for murdering his abusive stepfather. Your neighbor doesn't understand why the girl was not allowed to make this personal choice for herself because she was considered a minor, but the boy, who is younger, is being treated as an adult. What can you tell her?

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