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0 pointsflanked-evergl2y ago0 comments

That is surely something you can take up in discussion with people who are anti-abortion, but back to my original question: Why can't the EU Declaration of Human Rights not just be amended to include a right to abortion?

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throwaway114602y ago· 2 in thread

As I said, to prevent states, courts and lawmakers from claiming that all other body autonomy rights have to be explicitly listed. It's general language for a reason. The declaration is good as it is, IMHO your suggestion would lead to weakening it.

flanked-everglOP2y ago

Some people who are against abortion do not consider a fetus as part of the mother's body, so this is not unambiguously an issue of bodily autonomy. Should the declaration not at least be amended to state that a fetus is part of a mother's body then?

throwaway114602y ago

I don't think it's necessary. Abortion is disconnecting the fetus from the mother - that's definitely related to the bodily autonomy of the mother, regardless of whether the fetus itself is considered part of it or not.

I myself am not sure if I consider the fetus a part of the mother or not. There definitely is a point when it is no longer a part of the mother and I don't think it's only at birth. But regardless of the exact transition point, the mother has the right to decide what is connected to her body.

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