Should ANY medication be given to a minor without adult consent?

Question

I don't care if it's the morning after pill or an anti-biotic.

A minor is not responsible enough to know enough about their allergies to medication and how to tell if they are having a reaction which by then may be too late.

In my opinion the adult that they live with should always be aware of any prescription medication that they are taking.

Apparently people can't read and keep focusing on the morning after pill....

The point of this is a medication can KILL you if you are allergic. I don't care what medication it is....If you are having an allergic reaction you may not be able to ask for help and if the adult does not know that you have taken something the child could die. Doesn't matter what it is.

Say you walk in and the child is Unconscious, you call the ambulence and they ask if the child is on any medication, you say no. SO the first thing they start doing tests on are for illegal substances rather then what they should be looking for. If you knew what it was they were taking it might be a matter of life or death.

Answer 1

No. A child isn't old enough to understand what pills they are taking, what is in them, or much less, the effects of them.

Answer 2

Since you're obviously concerned about a young woman's taking of the 'morning-after' pill...for the purpose of possibly preventing a pregnancy (some would call that self-abortion), I'm going to assume this is your real question. In the few states were RU-486 is legal (such as NM), it is OTC...over the counter...which means it's NOT prescribed. Moreover, according the the Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law (Vol. 10:3, pg. 722):
"States have the authority to enact parental involvement laws because Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey specifically granted them this right. But, as surgical abortions were the only type of abortion available to women in the United States whe Casey was decided, the authority to enact these involvement applies only to surgical abortions and cannot automatically extend to mifepristone (aka RU-486). Rather to determine what laws should apply to distribution, mifepristone should be categorized as an emergency contraceptive, thereby prohibiting the application of parental involvement laws."

The article also points out that if the 'minor' decides to have the child and makes decisions FOR the child (like medical care and adoption), this can be legally done without parental consent.