The most compelling argument for me was the bodily autonomy issue. I don't really care about people saying 'life starts at conception' or 'an embryo is not a human' (which it isn't), because it doesn't matter when it is/isn't a human. If there were a 2 year-old girl, a 40 year-old man, or the president of the US, they would not have the right to force someone else to be their life support system. You cannot by law force someone against their will to be the kidneys, immune system, or feeding tube etc. for anyone else that is actually alive and walking around, so you cannot give that 'special right' to an unborn fetus. All the time I hear wingnuts screaming that a fetus deserves all the same rights an adult has...and that's fine! No adult has the right to use a woman as an incubator, and neither does any fetus.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
