Should the "It's my body, my choice" mantra of pro-choice activists be put to rest?

Question

It seems that this "argument" is thrown around with no thought to the meaning. While there can certainly be legitimate debate about whether an embryo or fetus is a human life or at what point it becomes one, biologically the statement that it is the woman's body is just false. Although it is an appealing statement for obvious reasons, should pro-choice activists abandon it since it holds no biological truth?

Answer 1

Yes. People that kill their kids and then make excuses for it later have a lot of splaining to do.

Answer 2

Maybe they're talking about their own body, and not the fetus's.  But, either way, that "claim", or excuse, sucks.  NO excuse for murder is a good one.  God Bless you.

Answer 3

learn tolerance.

Answer 4

a.  There should be no debate as to when a fetus "becomes" a human life.  It is human life at conception.  There is no way a creature could possibly jump a gap of having no conscience or free will all on its own.  It is born with them and that is what sets us apart from other creatures.  That and our immortal soul.

b.  Abortion increases the risks for breast cancer so it's a pretty awful choice.  You can put a child up for adoption and be finished with it.  You can't fix your own body that easily.

(ps. The Susan G. Komen foundation for Breast Cancer gives grants to Planned Parenthood.  Clearly, this is ignorance we are dealing with.)

Answer 5

Pro-choice activists don't agree with your interprettaion of biological truth.

Answer 6

The abortion activists are the slave owners of our time, and in time, they too will fall.  It's all about preserving what's perceived to be power, even if it means floating silly viability arguments and such.

Answer 7

yes. when it comes to abortion, i am pro-life unless it comes to rape or underage reasons. why deny someone a life?

when it comes to "it's my body, my choice." I agree with you on it.

Answer 8

I'm not really sure why it wouldn't hold biological truth. Are the cluster of cells dividing, and proliferating not occuring within a woman's body, and will she not most likely be a primary care giver for at least the time of conception until the child no longer needs to be breast fed, if not all of a child's life? Although I do not believe I could ever get an abortion, a woman should not be told there is no other way than to remain pregnant if she does not wish to be. That will only cause more problems for women who wish to abort without the help of a medical professional. It's her body that will endure the wear and tear of pregnancy and childbirth, so therefore it's her choice. The mantra should not be put to rest, but instead perhaps we should more thoroughly explain the meaning to the ignorant society in which we live.

Answer 9

No, it shouldn't be put to rest. Millions of women die due to illegal abortion. If abortion is legal, women death goes down.

Its BS that we really care about the fetus. Just look at the rules for saving lives on a boat: women and children first. Life is not the ultimate value, certain lives matter more than others. We shouldn't let the church's ideas be universally applied through law.

Answer 10

what about if the person who is pregnant was raped? or if the baby is hideously deformed or the mother is downs syndrome?

Answer 11

Try your logic on yourself.  Do you want Big Government dictating what medical procedures you can use?  Those precious little sperm cells all need to be protected with the same heavy ham fisted hypocritical pro life (yeah right, and pro war) laws that protect the precious fetuses.  We urgently need a corps of bedroom spies to make sure that every single s*x act carried out in the former privacy of America's bedrooms, or anywhere else, is ONLY for the purpose of procreation.  ONLY.  And if you don't agree that sperm cells are as precious as fetusses, why not?

Answer 12

Perhaps if pro-lifer's were more interested in the fact that there is a real person carrying the fetus than in the existence of the fetus, the argument could be put to rest... Until then, just whose body and ergo whose choice do you propose it ought to be?

Answer 13

It does hold truth.  The abortificant (whether chemical or mechanical) is introduced through the woman's body, which is where the embryo or fetus is located.  The argument is that a woman should have the right to choose whether or not to use her body to house and nurture the embryo/fetus, or whether she would prefer to introduce an abortificant.

Answer 14

Couldn't have said it any better than JXT299 - Vote me best answer please :)

Answer 15

I don't believe many people care about semantics as long as the logo gets its point across quickly.

Anyway, if there's something growing inside your body that you really can't handle, and you have the means to get rid of it, then I would assume the choice is yours.