Women have a constitutional right to bodily autonomy. The government by no means are saying we have a right to kill a human being. But at the same time, abortion being so complicated does depend on when a person considers when it is killing another human being, because we also have a substantive due process right to LIFE, liberty, and property. I am pro-choice, but would hope that one would try to take the precautions necessary to not get pregnant if they are not ready. Of course, that's assuming there's no rape or incest. But again, if we allow the government to regulate these constitutionally protected interests of individuals, then we could very well end up back in the day where the government regulated too much. Such as when it was against the law for someone to marry outside their race, mainly marry Whites. However, not to get on the interracial dating thing, but the point is, we do have constitutionally protected interests. We do have substantive due process rights such as right to marry, right to privacy AND the right to have children. Would we want our right to have children taken away and regulated by the government? Some argue, if we have the right to have children, we should surely have the right not to have children.. Just a little constitutional twist on it.. I hope I haven't mistated anything, but if I have, Soror Attorney's please feel to correct me. Just my .08
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