cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1874605

A 17-year-old from Nebraska and her mother are facing criminal charges including performing an illegal abortion and concealing a dead body after police obtained the pair’s private chat history from Facebook, court documents published by Motherboard show.

  • @[email protected]
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    01 year ago

    Can you explain how abortions should be legal at a federal level because of privacy?

    That’s the point I’m making. Abortion isn’t a privacy issue. It’s an elective procedure 99% of the time, and it has nothing to do with privacy whatsoever.

    • @Viking_Hippie
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      01 year ago

      It’s a common and often necessary medical procedure and as such, you have it backwards: you need to supply a compelling argument for banning something medically advantageous and sometimes life-saving.

      As for privacy, it’s none of the government’s business which medically approved treatment women receive or don’t receive.