California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from American Academy of Pediatrics v. Lungren, 12 Cal.4th 1007, 51 Cal.Rptr.2d 201, 912 P.2d 1148 (Cal. 1996):
9 The same is not true for an adult woman or an emancipated minor, whose "reasonable expectation" regarding medical treatment includes "the right, in the exercise of control over [her] own body, to determine whether or not to submit to lawful medical treatment." (Cobbs v. Grant (1972) 8 Cal.3d 229, 242, 104 Cal.Rptr. 505, 502 P.2d 1.) Unlike the statutes governing consent to medical treatment for minors, there are no usual requirements that an adult woman obtain consent or authorization from a third party to obtain care.
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