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* The [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=129982304229165700303012582275354260465&hl=en&as_sdt=8000003&scfhb=1 Union Pac. Ry. Co v Botsford], 141 U.S. 251 (1890)* [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=3012582275354260465&hl=en&as_sdt=8000003 Prince v. Massachusetts], 321 21 U.S. 158, 159-60 (1944)said:<blockquote><i>Parents may be free to become martyrs themselves.But it does not follow they are free, in identical circumstances, to make martyrs of their children before they have reached the age of full and legal discretion when they can make that choice for themselves.</i></blockquote>
→Significant United States Supreme Court decisions
==Significant United States Supreme Court decisions==
The United States Supreme Court has made two decisions that protect the right to physical integrity.
The [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=12998230422916570030&hl=en&as_sdt=8000003&scfhb=1 Union Pac. Ry. Co v Botsford], 141 U.S. 251 (1890) decision said:
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==Guidance from the Bioethics Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics==