I think I don't get it. What does Your body - your choice refer to?
Is this like blablabla i don't care about queer people, do what you want but don't come near me or what am I missing here?

[–] TaTTe@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago (5 children)

"Your body - your choice" refers to the basic human right that you're your own master and no one else can own/control you.

It's especially used in the discussion about whether abortion should be legal or not, where it refers to the fact that the fetus in a pregnant person is indeed part of that person, and they are allowed to do what they want with their own body (e.g. abortion).

The post mentions the opposite, "your body, our choice" which refers to the anti-abortion movement where people, often due to religious reasons, think they should have control over a pregnant person's body, rather than the pregnant person themself.

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)

God will smite you if you kill his children I guess.

The fact that religion has such an impact on society still is crazy. Having a belief is nice and can be comforting, but putting restrictions on others which makes their life objectively worse, damn that's shiddy

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago

And if you combine that with the love for the 2nd amendment, and indifference to school shootings it gets even crazier.

If they were consistent pro life they would:

Be against abortion (except for medical emergency)
Be pro sex-ed and contraceptives, to avoid unwanted pregnancies.
Be for gun control, to avoid people getting killed.
Be for different social support systems (food/housing/health/education/etc.)
And so on.

But they ended up with supply side jesus instead...

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