Roe vs Wade vs SCOTUS legitimacy

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(05-04-2022, 03:38 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Then explain it to me because it seems pretty obvious to me.

There's a very large physical tax to being pregnant. You can't eat or drink certain foods, you can't work out or move the way you may want, you typically gain weight, you get stretch marks, you cause other various structural damage to your body (from tearing and blood loss to sagging skin or internal organ issues), you may have consistent soreness, aches and pains, as well as other more serious physical risks (such as death in some scenarios). And, if a C section is required, surgery, temporary rearrangement of organs (to get to the uterus) and recovery time are also risks. Not to mention, there are mental issues such as post partum depression and other mood or anxiety disorders that may occur when or after you are pregnant.

It's a lot to put your body and mind through. You are essentially giving up your ability to maintain and govern your body the way you want to (some may call it your "bodily autonomy"). Something that I think we all would agree is a very important aspect of human life. A right and a freedom to be protected.

So, if a woman is pregnant and she does not want to be, she has two options. She can put her body through these physical and mental changes because she wants to birth the child, whether to keep or give up for adoption. Or, she can choose to not put her body through these physical and mental changes and abort the child.

Since it is her body that is affected by the pregnancy, it is her choice whether or not she will allow this baby to grow inside of her body for 9 months.