X-Message-Number: 636 Date: Mon, 3 Feb 92 16:53:16 PST From: ghsvax! (Hal Finney) Subject: Cryonics - Signing children up? Bruce White asked: > Is it legal to sign up your children without their consent? > Even if they do consent, do they have to be a certain age before > they are allowed to sign up? I haven't received the paperwork from Alcor yet, but legally I believe signing up for cryonics is analogous to making funeral arrangements, or deciding to donate one's organs or body for transplant or research. I do think parents can legally do this for their children, even without the child's consent. In fact, I believe parents can arrange for medical procedures to be done to their minor children without their consent (think of the 3 year old fighting to avoid being given a DPT shot). Hal Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=636