Kernen wrote:Galloism wrote:I mean, they stopped doing it in 1973. But it was perfectly legal, and they still reserve the legal right to do it again.
The government still requires men to register for it in case they decide to reinstate it. Under pain of severe consequences.
Fifty years ago is hardly recent. Lots and lots of changes since on the whole issue of medical consent. Registering for it is not the same thing as overriding the informed consent requirement.
Laws that the government makes, the government breaks. Tends to come with the territory when the ones breaking the law are also the ones who interpret and enforce it.