WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT
Rights Denied: Challenging Authority Over Bodies
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My body, my choice
Asserting autonomy over one's body and decisions.
Old white men
Referring to a demographic often associated with power and authority.
Think they can tell me
Expressing resistance to being dictated by older individuals.
What I can and can't do
Challenging the right of others to control personal choices.
With my body
Emphasizing ownership and agency regarding one's own body.
What gives them the right
Raising a question about the legitimacy of external control.
What gives them authority
Questioning the basis of authority in making decisions about health.
To decide on my health
Challenging the right to make decisions about personal health.
Self righteous fucks
Expressing disdain for those perceived as self-righteous.
What gives you the right
Repeating the question about the legitimacy of controlling others.
What gives you the right
-To tell me what I can do
Questioning external influence on personal healthcare choices and body autonomy.
What healthcare I can have
-What happens to my body
-What gives you the right
Reiteration of questioning external influence on healthcare and body autonomy.
To tell me what I can do
-What healthcare I can have
-What happens to my body
Continued questioning, challenging the pro-life stance.
What gives you the right
-You're not pro life
-You want forced birth
Accusing those in power of desiring control over reproductive rights.
You just love power
-You want control
-Police my body
Highlighting the invasive nature of attempts to control personal choices.
Even fucking sue me
-Under the watchful eye
-Of conservative freaks
-What gives you the right
Repeating the inquiry into the legitimacy of external control.
What gives you the right
-To tell me what I can do
Questioning authority in decisions about healthcare and one's body.
What healthcare I can have
-What happens to my body
-What gives you the right
Reiteration of the questioning of external authority.
To tell me what I can do
-What healthcare I can have
-What happens to my body
Continued challenge to external authority over personal choices.
What gives you the right
-You don't care what happens to the child
Accusing pro-life stance of selective concern for the fetus over the child.
You only care about what happens to the fetus
-That's not pro-life
Denouncing pro-life stance as politically motivated rather than genuinely caring.
Bidding for political power
-You don't care about circumstance
Criticizing lack of consideration for circumstances like rape or ectopic pregnancy.
Pregnancy from rape
-Ectopic pregnancy
-Her body her choice
-What gives you the right
Reiterating the question about the legitimacy of external control.
What gives you the right
-To tell me what I can do
Questioning authority in decisions about healthcare and one's body.
What healthcare I can have
-What happens to my body
-What gives you the right
Reiteration of the questioning of external authority.
To tell me what I can do
-What healthcare I can have
-What happens to my body
Continued challenge to external authority over personal choices.
What gives you the right
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