(Sorkoth1)
Why the “bodily autonomy” argument fails when you put it up against the right to life
Many pro-choice people online will concede that an unborn child is a human being and will then say that an unborn child’s rights still don’t matter when it comes to bodily autonomy. They usually then cite a variation of the violinist argument.

Here’s my rebuttal.

Ok so if that’s the case and your bodily autonomy and liberty trumps the right to life then why do we have suicide hotlines and resources? Clearly this person is thinking about killing themselves, so why do people try to talk them out of it? Why don’t people just affirm them and say, “Your body, Your choice.”?

Maybe it’s because deep down you know that a lethal permanent solution to a temporary problem is wrong. Whether this is abortion or suicide.

Usually at this point they either backpedal and dehumanize or they say that someone should have a right to suicide.

What are your thoughts on this approach?

-also deep in the argument is the fact that there are reasons for crisis pregnancy centers

(PostOpSalad512)
everyone has the right to bodily autonomy until it hurts someone else or their rights. that’s why i can swing my fists around all i want until they make contact with your jaw, then it’s assault. I can drive around all i want until i do it drunk or too fast, because that harms other people. You can do whatever you want with your uterus, until it harms another person, which (obviously) abortion does

(AlycefromWonderland)
A baby is entitled to the uterus because the only purpose of the uterus is to serve the baby. Every month it prepares for a baby.

(Shadowweavers)
Also.. why do they take away babies at birth if the mother used drugs while pregnant? Why should she be punished for exercising her bodily autonomy?

(Plathismo)
“Don’t tell me what to do with my body” doesn’t apply when another body is involved. Simple as that. Would anyone accept a bodily autonomy argument as a justification for rape?—“You can’t tell me what to do with my penis.” Or choking someone to death?—“You can’t tell me what to do with my hands.”

(Snoo-88741)
Also, bodily autonomy falls apart when you consider the embryo to have bodily autonomy as well.