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CMV: the rhetoric of “my body my choice” is not a good argument to use in defense of the right to abortion

To start, I am 100% for woman’s rights to abortion and reproductive care. I just think the argument of “my body my choice” is not a well reasoned one. Specifically, we never use that argument in other areas (for the most part) because we intrinsically know it’s bad. 

Take, for instance, hard drugs like meth. While I’m sure some small group says this, there are certainly not millions of people advocating for the legalization of meth under the mantra of “my body my choice” because we understand that just because something only effects your body and your health doesn’t mean you have a right to do it. 

Now, of course the counterargument is that taking hard drugs harms more than just the user, hence it’s illegal while things like assisted suicide are more borderline. Firstly, this ignores the fact that such things are very morally grey. We as a society agree that the issue isn’t so black and white as “my body my choice” when it comes to taking your own life. It’s disingenuous to pretend the abortion argument is black and white.  

Secondly, the issue with that line of thinking is that opponents see unborn fetuses and clumps of cells as people and thus, to them, abortion does harm more than just the one person. To convince them otherwise requires a debate about personhood and the values we assign to different people or things, both of which the “my body my choice” argument do not properly address. Thus, it’s only really good if you already agree with the conclusion but entirely ignores the beliefs of those for whom the argument is being used to sway. To opponents of abortion, the “my body my choice” argument fails because they believe that abortion is murder of another human being and so they don’t care what you say about your own body. 

Tl;dr: “my body my choice” argument isn’t good because 

1.  We as a society already agree that there are things you can’t do, like hard drugs, even though it’s your body that you’re giving the drugs to, plus things like assisted suicide where it’s a strong grey area rather than the black and white issue that abortion is painted as with this argument. 

2.  It does not address the beliefs of the opponents who are being argued against and is essentially only seen as a strong argument by those who already agree with its conclusion.
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You cannot be compelled to take a vaccine against your will (even though you really should). 

You can opt out of any medical surgery, even if deemed "medically necessary". 

You cannot be compelled to donate an organ against your will.

You cannot be compelled to donate blood against your will. 

A court order is necessary to even obtain a cheek swab against your will. 

Bodily Autonomy is taken pretty dang seriously.