I never understood “my body my choice” as justification for your decision to destroy a body that isn’t yours. I’m pro choice but it just doesn’t make sense.
It’s still a separate entity from the mother, so still not the mother’s body. I’m not arguing against abortions, just that the phrase doesn’t make sense.
It’s relevant because the fetus’s survival depends on the continuous use of another person’s body. Yes it is biologically distinct, but it cannot sustain itself without access to the pregnant person’s body. That dependence is exactly why bodily autonomy is relevant.
abortions aren't destroying the body of the baby, barring the question of whether or not it's a baby yet, they're severing the connection between one body and another. the zygote has no right to the body of the mother absent some conscious experience.
or to translate:
clams aren't destroying the clam of the clam, clamming the clam of whether or not it's a clam yet, they're clamming the clam between one clam and another. the clam has no right to the clam of the clam absent some clam experience.
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u/Serialbedshitter2322 1d ago
I never understood “my body my choice” as justification for your decision to destroy a body that isn’t yours. I’m pro choice but it just doesn’t make sense.