bodily integrity
Right over yourself
Bodily integrity is the principle that a person has the right to control what happens to their own body—who touches it, what enters it, what is done to it.
The concept appears in medical ethics, law, and human rights discourse: Forced medical procedures violate bodily integrity.
It underlies debates about consent, abortion, organ donation, and bodily autonomy.
Protected from transgression
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- protectionGuarding against harm
- legal recognitionFormal validity under law
- habeas corpusWrit challenging lawful custody
non-aggression · constitutional · civil liberties · safeguards · due process · medical consent · informed consent · reproductive rights
Violent offensive act
- mutilationDamaging a body severely
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- forced sterilizationInvoluntary surgical infertility
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
trafficking · circumcision · FGM · organ harvesting · medical experimentation · abuse · battery · exploitation
Control over one's fate
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- agencyPower to act
- self-ownershipExclusive bodily authority
- controlAuthority to direct
choice · empowerment · sovereignty · independence · personal boundaries · self-governance · volition · refusal
Quality of being inviolable
- inviolableImpossible to breach
- sacrosanctRegarded as too important to alter
- templeSacred worship structure
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
purity · holiness · dignity · respect · veneration · untouchable · consecrated · hallowed
Complete, undivided state
- wellnessOverall state of health
- soundnessReliability of structure
- vitalityCapacity for spirited existence
- healingRestoration of health
recovery · homeostasis · fitness · strength · nourishment · immunity · robustness · rehabilitation
inviolability
Protected from transgression
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- protectionGuarding against harm
- legal recognitionFormal validity under law
habeas corpus · non-aggression · constitutional · civil liberties · safeguards · due process · medical consent · informed consent · reproductive rights · asylum
assault
Violent offensive act
- mutilationDamaging a body severely
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- forced sterilizationInvoluntary surgical infertility
torture · trafficking · circumcision · FGM · organ harvesting · medical experimentation · abuse · battery · exploitation · corporal punishment
self-determination
Control over one's fate
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- agencyPower to act
- self-ownershipExclusive bodily authority
control · choice · empowerment · sovereignty · independence · personal boundaries · self-governance · volition · refusal · decision-making
sanctity
Quality of being inviolable
- inviolableImpossible to breach
- sacrosanctRegarded as too important to alter
- templeSacred worship structure
reverence · purity · holiness · dignity · respect · veneration · untouchable · consecrated · hallowed · ahimsa
wholeness
Complete, undivided state
- wellnessOverall state of health
- soundnessReliability of structure
- vitalityCapacity for spirited existence
healing · recovery · homeostasis · fitness · strength · nourishment · immunity · robustness · rehabilitation · intactness
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, gender equality, women's rights, feminist novels
- Grundrechtehuman dignity, right to life, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion
- patient rightspatient rights, informed consent, patient advocacy, patient advocate, advance directive
- Quebec lawnotaries, notary, advocates, obligations, servitudes
- sexual freedomsexual liberation, sexual revolution, sexual freedom, free love, consent
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
bodily integritybodily harm
Damage to one's person
physical injury · mutilation · dismemberment · harm · injury
bodily integrityassault
Violent offensive act
rape · sexual assault · violence · battery · molestation
bodily integrityslavery
Ownership of people
chattel slavery · involuntary servitude · human trafficking · forced labor · eugenics
body, integrity, bodily, integral, embody, integrated, bodies, integrate, integration