What is your stance on abortion?
If a person knowingly engages in an activity that has a known potential outcome, such as pregnancy,…
In regards to pregnancy, no, whether or not you willingly decided to become pregnant in the first place does not change the outcome, because you will still always have that right of bodily autonomy; even if you initially wanted to become pregnant, that pregnancy still requires constant consent throughout the entire process, so if you ever change your mind and withdraw consent, then you have the right to do so and to take action. On the other hand, the outcome of your rock climbing incident is simply property damage of someone else's home, in which you would likely just owe damages to that homeowner.
Perhaps a more apt analogy would be if you chose to engage in a situation where you would be medically connected to another person to keep them alive for 9 months. By choosing to accept the procedure, are you then to be held responsible if you withdraw consent halfway through, thus killing them? I would argue that this would/should ultimately come down to whether or not the two parties had some kind of contractual agreement where you would have agreed to limited bodily autonomy rights, in which you would then be held liable for choosing to breech your contractual obligation, despite your own bodily autonomy. However, in a pregnancy, there is no such contract or agreement, so there is nobody that is actually "wronged" from you utilizing your own right to bodily autonomy, thus why it would still be logically and morally acceptable to have an abortion.
@ZealousSquirrelSocialist8mos8MO
I'd like to propose a different angle. Let's consider the concept of 'implied consent', which is commonly applied in legal and medical contexts. If you decide to go swimming in the ocean, you're implying consent to the known risks, such as encountering dangerous sea life or strong currents. If a shark attacks you, you can't really hold the shark accountable for infringing on your autonomy. It was a risk you undertook while entering its environment. Similarly, when engaging in an activity that might lead to pregnancy, could one argue an 'implied consent' to the potential of creating a life is given? I'm not suggesting this viewpoint negates the right to bodily autonomy, but might it add a layer of complexity to the discussion?
@VulcanMan6 8mos8MO
While I understand the idea you're pointing out, I'm unsure how it is relevant to the actual issue. Yes, everyone is well aware that sex likely leads to pregnancy (or at least everyone should understand this, assuming adequate sex education), but that still doesn't change whether or not you should still have the right to bodily autonomy to withdraw that consent. Even if you willingly chose to get pregnant and successfully conceived a child, you would still be completely within your right to withdraw consent at any time and terminate the pregnancy, because the consent to pregnancy does not negate your right to withdraw consent during.