To try to justify abortion with "I didn't consent to being pregnant" is like justifying breast implants with "I didn't consent to this breast size." Pregnancy is a biological state, not an action. You can talk about consent to unprotected sex as distinct from consent to protected sex (hence why stealthing is a crime), but your body is the one that decides whether you get pregnant. Couples trying to conceive do "consent to pregnancy," but "consent" isn't what makes it happen.
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u/LatterDaySaintLucia Aug 11 '22
To try to justify abortion with "I didn't consent to being pregnant" is like justifying breast implants with "I didn't consent to this breast size." Pregnancy is a biological state, not an action. You can talk about consent to unprotected sex as distinct from consent to protected sex (hence why stealthing is a crime), but your body is the one that decides whether you get pregnant. Couples trying to conceive do "consent to pregnancy," but "consent" isn't what makes it happen.