Aren’t there limits to what a state can do to a person, such as the right to kill a domestic servant, or requiring a full face tattoo on all newborns, or that all newly delivered babies have their left hand surgically removed in the delivery room?
Capitol punishment has been considered a state police power, but Progressives argue it is prohibited under the prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments.
Before the Constitution, in some colonies, parents had the legal power to kill their children, if the children repeatedly disobeyed.
Children do not have all the rights adults have.