What is your stance on abortion?
If a person knowingly engages in an activity that has a known potential outcome, such as pregnancy,…
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.
