I believe, for many reasons, as adults we should have bodily autonomy. We should be able, legally and otherwise, to decide what happens with our own bodies. There is a reason we have laws concerning "adult age" or what have you.
That said: as long as I am of "adult age", I have the right to decide what happens in and to my body. It also means that at some point, the person I presumably gave birth to has the same rights. Since abortions after the second trimester happen at an extremely low rate, it seems ridiculous to me to talk about fetuses and bodily autonomy. Since when have they had the ability to decide that they actually want to live in the first place?
I've often had the thought, throughout my life, that I wish I wasn't alive. Where was my choice when my parents decided my birth would be a good idea?
That said: as long as I am of "adult age", I have the right to decide what happens in and to my body. It also means that at some point, the person I presumably gave birth to has the same rights. Since abortions after the second trimester happen at an extremely low rate, it seems ridiculous to me to talk about fetuses and bodily autonomy. Since when have they had the ability to decide that they actually want to live in the first place?
I've often had the thought, throughout my life, that I wish I wasn't alive. Where was my choice when my parents decided my birth would be a good idea?
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.