Kid shot... but doesn't want the bullet removed

Here is an interesting article that my cooperating teacher and I had our students read in the civics classes we teach ...

It begs many questions (not the least of which is, "Why doesn't he want the bullet removed unless he has something to hide?"). But there is one question that's been bugging me ever since I heard about this case.

If this case makes it to the Supreme Court, might there be an impact on Roe v. Wade? I may be going out on a limb here, but follow my logic, if you would...

1. Much of the modern privacy-of-body laws stem from Roe.
2. A main focus of Roe is that it violates a person's 14th Amendment rights to have State officials telling her what to do with her body.
3. In the case I've mentioned above, the state wants to remove a bullet lodged in a teen's forehead to prove that he was (or was not?) attemting to murder the owner of a used car dealership. (See, the kid has already admitted to being a part of the robbery of the dealership earlier in the day. Police suspect that this kid returned later, threatened the owner's life if he spoke to police, and shot at the owner. Hit the link above if you want more info about the case.) The question at hand is who has more rights: the state in procecuting the crime or the individual's right to privacy?
4. IF the case made it to the Supreme Court and they decide that the State has the right to force the kid to have surgery to remove a foreign body, might this start eroding rights to do what we want with our own bodies?

OK, so it's a bit of a stretch, but it sounds conceivable. At the very least, might this turn out to be a precedent that others may build on (a la Brown v. Board was a stepping-stone to get rid of all Jim Crow laws...)

Thoughts?
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Happy New Year! Shanah Tovah!

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More to come... I've just been insanely busy over winter break grading papers and doing lesson plans. But I promise a good post soon!