Dartmouth College: "My Body, My Choice" for Vaccines & Abortion
During the Reverse Q&A event at Dartmouth College, we asked participants to generate claims and vote on which ones they wanted to engage. One interesting claim was: “My body, my choice” should be consistent for vaccines and abortion.
The four participants come at the claim from different positions and eventually question the validity of pairing abortion and vaccinations. Vaccines are characterized both as a simple pin prick and as a potentially deadly treatment. Abortions are characterized both as an action that causes no harm and as the termination of a life. While these disparate opinions are common, they take on new meaning when paired.
This conversation was filmed at Dartmouth College on May 4, 2022.
Progressives pushed for explicit and implicit vaccine mandates. From travel restrictions to being denied access to worship, progressives were elated to see individuals denied basic freedoms and bodily autonomy. They praised the fact that judges would put individuals in prison if they did not get the COVID-19 vaccine. Progressives advanced opinions that suggested the unvaccinated should not be allowed to leave their homes, and if they do go outside, and get COVID, they should not be allowed to get hospital care.
Now when one reads or hears “my body, my choice” from progressives, it is nothing more than a collection of letters that make familiar words—that is, words that have no meaning when spoken by progressives. They have lost what moral authority they had on bodily autonomy.
This probably should be a public service announcement.