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Can "My Body, My Choice" anti-vaxxers be pro-life?
Rulli, Tina; Campbell, Stephen.
  • Rulli T; Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
  • Campbell S; Department of Philosophy, Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
Bioethics ; 36(6): 708-714, 2022 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1779176
ABSTRACT
Many "anti-vaxxers" oppose COVID-19 vaccination mandates on the grounds that they wrongfully infringe on bodily autonomy. Their view has been expressed with the slogan "My Body, My Choice," co-opted from the pro-choice abortion rights movement. Yet, many of those same people are pro-life and support abortion restrictions that are effectively a kind of gestation mandate. Both vaccine and gestation mandates impose restrictions on bodily autonomy in order to prevent serious harms. This article evaluates the defensibility of the anti-vax pro-life position. We argue that the case for opposing gestation mandates on grounds of bodily autonomy is much stronger than the case for opposing vaccine mandates-even if fetuses have full moral status. Thus, there is a deep tension in being a pro-life, COVID anti-vaxxer concerned with bodily autonomy.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Abortion, Spontaneous / Abortion, Induced / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Vaccines Limits: Female / Humans / Pregnancy Language: English Journal: Bioethics Journal subject: Ethics Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Bioe.13033

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Abortion, Spontaneous / Abortion, Induced / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Vaccines Limits: Female / Humans / Pregnancy Language: English Journal: Bioethics Journal subject: Ethics Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Bioe.13033