re: #611 Decatur Deb

I’m not really talking about end-of-life or pregnancy, just the limits on personal autonomy. If we think about it, perhaps with the help of some of the lawyers here, we would come up with a reasonable list of limits on our bodily autonomy.

Of course there are limits on bodily autonomy, just as there are limits on freedom of speech (yelling “Fire!”in a crowded theatre, for instance.) However, there are very few if any instances that I know of that a person who who is mentally legally competent to make decisions loses the right to make decisions about their own body. I shudder at the thought that any other person could assert a “moral right” to chose what happens to my body and organs against my will.