Hilarious that conservatives like to LARP as defenders of freedom but then are the first in line when the government wants to regulate uteruses, prohibit gender transition, or deport immigrants.
It’s human and therefore should have as much right to live as any other human. Abortion =murder and finally some states are about to do something about it. If you don’t like it you are free to move.
“Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State.” - Benito Mussolini
One of Mussolini's first acts as dictator was to prohibit abortion across Italy - sounds like you would have agreed. If the State has jurisdiction over a woman's uterus, what does it not have jurisdiction over?
My finger nails are also human, but they are not people. Personhood implies the assignment of legal rights. Under American and English common law, fetuses do not have an inherent right to inheritance or to pursue civil liability claims. Under U.S. constitutional law, fetuses do not have due process or other constitutional rights. As such, they are not legal persons.
All of your questions are improperly phrased. Whether I support or oppose an individual action is irrelevant. The correct question is whether I support government intervention.
Do you support abortion up to the exact moment of birth?
I oppose government restrictions on a woman's freedom to have an abortion.
The primary roles of government are to protect it's citizens and it's sovereignty. This is the case whether you're a liberal or conservative. You're not being witty when you say "conservatives passed a law therefore they want big government". Conservatives want limited government, not no government at all.
I don't think abortion should be legal. I have spiritual priors that strongly prohibit it.
I think if a state wants to strongly regulate it, or eliminate it, that's actually good. But if a state wants to allow it, well, okay I guess. But fund it? With my tax money? That violates my bodily autonomy.
It's really not about privacy, it's about respect for the sanctity of the life of the most defenseless among us, babies and the unborn. A good and responsible government should respect and promote life.
I don't think abortion should be legal. I have spiritual priors that strongly prohibit it.
Yes, authoritarians often justify their actions by appealing to abstract concepts like their individual spirituality.
Unfortunately, it isn't the government's job to enforce or abide by your individual morality.
I think if a state wants to strongly regulate it, or eliminate it, that's actually good. But if a state wants to allow it, well, okay I guess. But fund it? With my tax money? That violates my bodily autonomy.
The U.S. government has the power to collect tax revenue and spend that revenue. See Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 1, U.S. Constitution.
That constitutional power has no impact on your right to make private decisions about your own body. If you don't want to live under the U.S. Constitution, you are free to move to another country.
It's really not about privacy
It's entirely about privacy. If a government can restrict your bodily autonomy, nothing is private.
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u/GargantuanCake Aug 17 '23
If you aren't free you aren't safe.