Shouldn’t every woman have the right to control her own body?

Commonsense and modern science both recognise that in pregnancy there are two bodies and two lives involved.

Woman, by dictionary definition, means ‘female human being’. Since sex is determined at conception and over half of babies conceived are ‘female human beings’, then, obviously, not every woman has the right to control her own body - the baby girl is not able to have a say.

Rights of individuals, because of the inter-relation of all life, are limited when they infringe on the rights of others. Apart from abortion, when else may a person, in pursuit of a career, degree, lifestyle option or personal interest, have the legal right to kill an innocent, defenceless person, even if she perceives that they may be standing in her way?

Control, which involves responsibility and restraint, should be exercised before exposing one’s body to the possibility of pregnancy. Abortion seeks to replace self-control by demanding instead the right to control the life of someone else.

‘Her own body’ is not a full description of a pregnant body, since science shows us that in pregnancy there are two different bodies, two different heartbeats, two different brainwave patterns, two different blood types, and in half of the number of pregnancies, two different sexes.