The Staggering Hypocrisy of Pro-life Anti-Vaxxers

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ses some problems, but using the government to tell people what they can and can’t do causes others. So where do we draw the line?One limitation that most people agree on is that our freedom to make these decisions depends on how that action affects other people. Pro-lifers argue that abortion kills another person. However, so does going unmasked if you infect someone who dies from your actions. I’ve lost a friend to someone who couldn’t be bothered to wear a mask. In addition, unvaccinated Covid patients are taking up all the medical resources so that people in traffic accidents, or those who have cancer, can’t get access. If someone dies because you didn’t get vaccinated, is that your fault? Pro-lifers also say that carrying and raising a child is taking responsibility for your actions. I say that paying the medical bills of people you infect and going to jail for manslaughter if they die, as well as not using emergency rooms or ICU beds if you didn’t listen to doctors and get vaccinated, is also taking responsibility for your actions.I think it would be worthwhile to have a national discussion on body autonomy. Where should lines be drawn? How much right does someone have to tell someone else what to do with their body? We need uniform rules for all people, states, and situations.There are some questions with

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both Covid and abortion that should be discussed. In the covid issue, there’s the question of who infected who. If you don’t get vaccinated or wear a mask, and give Covid to a friend or coworker who spreads it to their household, and their grandma dies of it, can they blame/sue you? In the abortion issue, there’s the question as to when a person becomes a person. Is a fertilized egg a person, or is it just human tissue? There’s no scientific definition as to when personhood starts, it’s all a matter of personal/religious belief. My definition is that personhood has a minimum requirement of a functioning brain. Nothing without a functioning brain can be a person. In that case, personhood doesn’t start until month 5 or 6 of pregnancy and any abortion that occurs before that doesn’t kill a person.Your beliefs can be different, however, you don’t have any right to force them on other people who don’t believe the same as you. That violates their body autonomy. If you want others to leave you alone with respect to masking up and vaccinating, then you need to leave them alone when they make choices about their body that you disagree with.For people using the “My body my choice” slogan with regards to masks, I ask if they support abortion on demand. If not, I point out their hypocrisy. This doesn’t make me popular.</article></body>

Body autonomy for me but not for thee

This week the Supreme Court decided to let the new abortion law stand in Texas. At the same time, Texas is blocking mandatory vaccination or masking in requirements for businesses and schools. Many states are poised to follow their example. The root of both of these issues is body autonomy. How much right do we have over what happens to our own bodies?

If you argue that you can do whatever you want because it’s your body, you are saying that body autonomy should be total. No one can tell you what to do with your own body. Total body autonomy also means people should be able to get on-demand abortions. No restrictions, because no one can tell them what to do with their body either.

Saying someone else can’t get an abortion while claiming no one can tell you to wear a mask or get a vaccine is the height of hypocrisy. Saying that there should be no restrictions at all on what someone can or can’t do with their body causes some problems, but using the government to tell people what they can and can’t do causes others. So where do we draw the line?

One limitation that most people agree on is that our freedom to make these decisions depends on how that action affects other people. Pro-lifers argue that abortion kills another person. However, so does going unmasked if you infect someone who dies from your actions. I’ve lost a friend to someone who couldn’t be bothered to wear a mask. In addition, unvaccinated Covid patients are taking up all the medical resources so that people in traffic accidents, or those who have cancer, can’t get access. If someone dies because you didn’t get vaccinated, is that your fault? Pro-lifers also say that carrying and raising a child is taking responsibility for your actions. I say that paying the medical bills of people you infect and going to jail for manslaughter if they die, as well as not using emergency rooms or ICU beds if you didn’t listen to doctors and get vaccinated, is also taking responsibility for your actions.

I think it would be worthwhile to have a national discussion on body autonomy. Where should lines be drawn? How much right does someone have to tell someone else what to do with their body? We need uniform rules for all people, states, and situations.

There are some questions with both Covid and abortion that should be discussed. In the covid issue, there’s the question of who infected who. If you don’t get vaccinated or wear a mask, and give Covid to a friend or coworker who spreads it to their household, and their grandma dies of it, can they blame/sue you? In the abortion issue, there’s the question as to when a person becomes a person. Is a fertilized egg a person, or is it just human tissue? There’s no scientific definition as to when personhood starts, it’s all a matter of personal/religious belief. My definition is that personhood has a minimum requirement of a functioning brain. Nothing without a functioning brain can be a person. In that case, personhood doesn’t start until month 5 or 6 of pregnancy and any abortion that occurs before that doesn’t kill a person.

Your beliefs can be different, however, you don’t have any right to force them on other people who don’t believe the same as you. That violates their body autonomy. If you want others to leave you alone with respect to masking up and vaccinating, then you need to leave them alone when they make choices about their body that you disagree with.

For people using the “My body my choice” slogan with regards to masks, I ask if they support abortion on demand. If not, I point out their hypocrisy. This doesn’t make me popular.