bodily autonomy
Control over oneself
Bodily autonomy is the principle that individuals have the right to control what happens to their own bodies.
The concept appears in debates over abortion, vaccination mandates, end-of-life care, and medical consent: Bodily autonomy means no one can force you to donate blood, even to save a life.
The term frames physical self-determination as a fundamental right.
- reproductive rightsBodily autonomy in family planning
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- inviolabilityProtected from transgression
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- bodily integrityControl over one's form
informed consent · moral agency · genetic privacy · medical consent · human dignity · medical ethics · vaccine mandates · anti-discrimination · disability rights · human rights · legal protections · freedom of choice · tattoo parlor · dress code · womb · abortion rights · personhood · contraception
- freedomfreedom of choice, freedom of will, free will, expression, speech
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, gender equality, women's rights, feminist novels
- human rightshuman dignity, civil liberties, right to liberty, right to life, fundamental rights
- women's rightssuffrage movement, women's suffrage, women's rights, gender equality, feminism
- autonomyfreedom, self-rule, independence, self-determination, free will
bodily autonomystate control
Government-managed economy or society
forced sterilization · guardianship · government control · involuntary commitment · conscription
bodily autonomyslavery
Ownership of people
enslavement · bondage · chattel slavery · captivity · human trafficking
bodily autonomycoercion
Pressured compliance through threats
violation · assault · rape · involuntary commitment · lack of consent