Akrisen wrote:The Free Joy State wrote:Would you be evil if you exercised bodily sovereignty and refused to donate bone marrow to a person for whom you are the only match, one who would die without it (though it would cause you no health problems to donate) -- though you didn't want to?
Would you be evil if you exercised your property rights and kicked someone out of your home, when they moved in without permission and are eating all your food and putting muddy boots all over your furniture (when they have nowhere else to go), even if you have a spare room -- though they're rude and you want them to go?
Yes you would be evil for not donating to save someone who actually needs it. No you wouldnt be evil for kicking out a bad roommate, but if you think a foetus is a roommate I suppose your eyes are roommates.
Should you be forced to donate bone marrow -- if you refuse (the law says "no", by the way)? Should someone who doesn't want to donate be dragged through the streets, forcibly sedated and have bone marrow, kidneys or blood pulled from them without consent, if someone else needs it?
That's roughly analagous to forced pregnancy.
As for being able to evict someone -- you looked for the wrong comparison. It's not the foetus/guest, but the process that is comparable. Body autonomy can be protected with minimum force: eviction is the minimum force with an unwanted guest; abortion is the minimum force needed to evict a foetus.