article_snippet: It's a question of fundamental constitutional rights-- the right to have a say over what happens to your body-- and the right to say to the government 'you can't control what happens to my body,' the court's mother's attorney, Michael S. Taylor, told Fox CT.
article_snippet: I want the right to make my medical decisions. '
article_snippet: It's disgusting that I'm fighting for a right that I and anyone in my situation should already have. '
article_snippet: This is my life and my body, not DCF's and not the state's.
highlights_snippet: Despite 17-year-old saying it is 'my life and my body, not the state's'
  Underwent treatment at Connecticut Children's Medical Center .