The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of relevant laws, policies, and practices that either obstruct or promote minors’ access to health services and information. It considers the extent of minors’ informed decision-making capacity regarding health services and information, and explores how it can be fostered and developed. While its specific focus is decision-making in the health context, much of this paper is relevant to sexual decision-making generally.

Young people’s autonomous decision-making capacities