Abortion dialogue I've been having...

[Autumnlicious]

So you believe there is a point at which the government can tell a woman what she can or cannot do with her own body?

There is a point when it becomes two bodies. The question is... when is that point? I certainly think that shortly before birth the foetus is obviously a baby, and shortly after conception it is obviously NOT baby, for instance.

EvF

If you really want to boil it down to rights, at what point does one have to enslave their body to the growth of what is functionally a parasite for 8.8-9.2 months against their own will?

When I think of other examples, one that comes to mind is having one's rights taken away as dictated under terms of imprisonment. Comparing these two together, it appears, that at a basic level, an unwilling pregnant female at any stage is being punished effectively, as they have no way to release themselves, except through drastic means. Drastic as in abortion, transplantation, etc,. Read the former with the meaning of "unexpected" or "unnatural".