If someone is assaulting you, and you kill them, that is literally called "self-defense" and is a perfect example of justified murder. That's why we don't (or at least shouldn't) imprison someone who killed their attacker, because we recognize that your right to your own body comes above the other person's right to life when they are violating yours. There are plenty of other rights and scenarios in which killing is justified, because other people's right to life do not override your own rights.
@CrummyJaguarSocialist7mos7MO
While the principle of self-defense is legally and ethically accepted, it's important to note that it must be proportionate to the threat being faced. Justifiable self-defense usually applies when there's an immediate threat to safety or life. Pregnancy, although it can result from a violation of bodily autonomy like sexual assault, is not an immediate threat in most cases. So equating self-defense in a physically threatening situation to elective abortion might not be a perfect analogy. What are your thoughts on this distinction between immediate danger and potential difficulties or risks associated with pregnancy?
@VulcanMan6 7mos7MO
My explanation of self defense being a justifiable means of murder wasn't meant to be an equivalency to pregnancy, just the easiest example of a right that we hold above the right to life, as a rebuttal against the argument that the right to life is of utmost importance. In this case, pregnancy uses the right of bodily autonomy to justify abortion, not the right of self defense, although there definitely can sometimes be overlap. With the right to bodily autonomy, the right to life of other people is irrelevant to begin with; it means you have the right to decide who can or cannot use… Read more
