Slv80 #fundie slv80.tripod.com

[[ My body, my choice. The government has no right to tell a woman what to do with her own body. That violates the woman's right to bodily soveriegnty. ]]

Absolutely true -- but abortion violates the embryo's right to bodily soveriegnty. More than one person's rights are involved in a pregnancy, and those rights must be balanced. If a woman becomes pregnant against her will, her rights have been violated. Clearly, she has a right to decide who may and may not make use of her uterus. However, the embryo also has the right to control of his or her body. The embryo has a right not to be killed. There is no easy, nice solution. In an unwanted pregnancy, someone's rights are going to be trampled. But the severity of that violation of rights must be taken into account. Which is a greater violation of rights -- forced pregnancy and childbirth, or violent death?

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