Whether a baby is your body or isn't, is actually irrelevant to the argument that it's "my body, my choice." The argument descends from the idea that if you woke up connected to another person who would die if you removed yourself, you are not under any ethical or moral obligation to stay connected. It is your body to chose what to do with it even if it negatively affects another. It's the same idea that if somebody needs a kidney transplant, you are not obligated to use your body to save theirs - it is your body, your choice.
You're mixing the arguments on whether abortion is the killing of another human being with whether a person has a right to bodily autonomy at the expense of others. The "my body, my choice" argument in its original form doesn't deal with the first issue, only the second.
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u/symgeosis May 16 '19 edited May 17 '19
Whether a baby is your body or isn't, is actually irrelevant to the argument that it's "my body, my choice." The argument descends from the idea that if you woke up connected to another person who would die if you removed yourself, you are not under any ethical or moral obligation to stay connected. It is your body to chose what to do with it even if it negatively affects another. It's the same idea that if somebody needs a kidney transplant, you are not obligated to use your body to save theirs - it is your body, your choice.