Bodily rights arguments are a very important (and complex) part of the abortion debate. The level of confusion among many pro-life advocates about bodily rights arguments is a disaster for the pro-life movement, as you are unlikely to change very many pro-choice minds unless you are able to persuasively respond to these arguments.
We have an entire module of the Equipped for Life Course devoted to this issue. Below is a list of our other resources on the subject. You can always share this information with people by simply directing them to EqualRightsInstitute.com/BodilyRights.
Quick Response Videos
- Quick Response #3: The Fetus Is a Parasite
- Quick Response #4: My Body, My Choice—A Woman’s Body Is Her Sovereign Zone
- Quick Response #5: Women Have the Right to Refuse the Use of Their Bodies—The Violinist Argument
- Quick Response #6: Consent to Sex Is Not Consent to Pregnancy
- Quick Response #7: Banning Abortion Forces Women to Stay Pregnant
- Quick Response #8: Abortion Is Necessary for Women’s Equality
- Quick Response #9: Abortion Is a Private Health Care Decision
- Quick Response #12: We Need Broad Abortion Access for Rape Cases
- Quick Response #13: We Need Broad Abortion Access for Maternal Mortality
- Quick Response #15: Women Shouldn’t Be Stuck When Fathers Get Away
- Quick Response #24: More Birth Control Will Eliminate the Need for Abortion
Understanding Bodily Rights Arguments
- Fellow Pro-Lifers: Please Stop Sharing This Straw Man Meme
- Are Pro-Choice Advocates Good at Describing Their Own Position?
- Matt Walsh and Bodily Autonomy Arguments
Responding to Bodily Rights Arguments
- It’s Her Body – Steve Wagner
- Autumn in the Sovereign Zone: Why “It’s My Body, I Can Do What I Want” Won’t Do
- Bodily Rights Arguments Necessitate Extremism
- VIDEO: Blood Donation and Bodily Rights Arguments
- Understanding and Responding to Bodily Rights Arguments – The De Facto Guardian Paper
- Two Bad Pro-Life Responses to Bodily Rights Arguments
- Fine-Tuning the Responsibility Objection: A Reply to David Boonin
Bodily Rights Rhetoric
- Stop Using “Trust Women” as an Abortion Trump Card
- Pro-Lifers Aren’t “Forcing” Women to Stay Pregnant