Quote (JessiWan @ Sep 5 2021 11:40pm)
I can't speak for other people, but if you ask me, my personal thought is that yes, abortion is indeed murder, however, it shouldn't be outlawed. The reason for that is because, like many people mentioned before, a pregnancy could be the result of rape, incest, or maybe there are complications that can endanger the women's life. And it is because of these reasons that I feel abortion should remain legal.
I think that even if we consider a fetus to be a full person with legal and moral rights, that abortion should still be legal because of the woman's right to bodily autonomy.
Let's say that you hooked yourself up to somebody else of your own volition to save their life. If you get up and leave, and thereby disconnect yourself, you kill them. You hooked yourself up with no coercion. Even in that very generous scenario, you always have a right to disconnect yourself. Bodily autonomy is so fundamental that you cannot be forced to stay connected for any reason.