Body Autonomy Is Protected By The Constitution

<p>Most discussions about abortion and choice center around whether or not a fetus is a full human being with the same or greater level of rights as an actual woman. When exactly a fertilized egg becomes a true &ldquo;person&rdquo; is a philosophical question that has a lot of nuances and no truly definitive answer. It very much depends on who you ask. Is it the moment of conception? When a heartbeat is first detectable? When the fetus can live on its own outside the womb? Reasonable people might well disagree.</p> <p>But these are not the questions that should or likely ultimately will end up informing our laws. Existing precedents around body autonomy are infinitely more important.&nbsp;There are no other instances in American law where the rights of one person supersede the body autonomy of someone else.&nbsp;The government cannot force you to give blood or bone marrow to someone else, even to save the life of a baby. You cannot take organs from a dead person without their express prior consent, no matter how many lives it might save to do so.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/inside-of-elle-beau/body-autonomy-is-protected-by-the-constitution-ede4fb256ebb"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>
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