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by trekz 1738 days ago
Exactly. In addition to that, this recurring argument that compares vaccine mandates to mandates prohibiting "bad" acts is odd.

Legally speaking, mandating the vaccine is forcing a person to act (get jabbed) through no act of their own. Mandating abortion bans is prohibiting an act (getting an abortion). So the two scenarios aren't comparable.

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> Mandating abortion bans is prohibiting an act (getting an abortion).

Banning abortion means de facto forcing someone to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term.