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Decisions like this shouldn’t be up for a vote, just like free speech shouldn’t be up for a vote. Bodily autonomy and personal healthcare decisions should not be dictated by the state.
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utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 1y ago

And what of the bodily autonomy of the child in the whom? Does it not deserve some protection, healthcare and rights?

This is the endless loop we've been in for decades now, to me the only reasonable solution is free market where some places allow and others don't, and see what free choices people make?

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Trey Walsh 1y ago

At the very least, if it puts the mothers life at risk, that is a different situation in my mind

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ManiMe 1y ago

Free market solutions are great… but without valid (and accessible) choices for individuals, there is no free market. As such, a “free market where some places allow and others don’t” really is borderline NOT a free market.

While it’s one thing to say “states should have the right” to legislate … the size of jurisdiction (and one’s ability to immigrate and emigrate and feel represented) REALLY does matter.

If freedom to choose actually matters (as people on all sides of this issue say that it does, for different reasons) maybe divisive issues like this should really be legislated at the municipal level.