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COM. v. NIXON

761 A.2d 1151 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Dennis E. NIXON, Appellant. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Lorie A. Nixon, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 27, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Stewart, Pittsburg, for appellants, Dennis and Lorie Nixon.

David Gorman, Hollidaysburg, for the Com.

Peter N. Georgiades, Pittsburgh, James G. Dwyer, Chicago, IL, for Amicus-Child.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We granted allocatur for this Court to consider two issues. First, we consider whether to adopt a "mature minor doctrine" which would be an affirmative defense to the parental duty to provide care to a minor. Secondly, we consider whether Shannon Nixon had a right to refuse medical care pursuant to her privacy rights under the constitutions of the United States and this Commonwealth. For the reasons that follow, we choose...

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