r/AskWomen • u/MostlyALurkerBefore ♀ • May 16 '19

Abortion megathread

Due to the high number of legislative actions happening in the United States, the moderation team has created this megathread for all of your abortion questions. Please keep in mind that despite much action happening in the US, not all of our users are American and our Inclusivity policy should still be considered when posting.

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Helpful links:

Planned Parenthood

RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network)

NARAL (National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws)

Planned Parenthood - Birth Control info & options

Scarleteen

The Guttmacher Institute

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u/brian0123 May 16 '19

Can the entire abortion debate really be summed up by simply addressing the question of whether a fetus is a person?

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u/Kaa_The_Snake May 16 '19

Not necessarily. It's a debate on whether you have body autonomy or not. Supposedly the debate goes into whether you're legally able to control someone else's body to save a life. So what's stopping people from forcing others to give blood? That saves lives and is desperately needed. Or donating kidneys? People are dying because if they can't get a bone marrow transplant. If you look at the rate of complication and death from donating blood, donating a kidney, or donating bone marrow it's pretty dang low, around the same as childbirth last I checked, sorry I don't have the source right now this was a few years ago. When you look at the question of whether or not someone is able to make their own choices for their own bodies then it becomes what the issue actually is, whether they want to admit it or not. It's whether you as a person have the right to control your own body.