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by someguydave 1723 days ago
Of course, I presume those same personal-choice-oriented people also believe that the government should force people to be vaccinated.
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Most of us are also OK with laws forcing everyone to wear pants in public. We don't consider it a serious infringement of our personal freedom.

Being forced to carry a pregnancy to term -- even an especially risky one, or one that's the result of rape or incest -- has significant impacts on both the mother and the community that could be net negative instead of positive.

Everything about a vaccination is supposed to have net positive effects, both for the individual recipient and the public health and welfare.

which humans are a net negative after they are born?
Abortions don't spread from person to person at the drop of a hat and also don't fill up hospital and kill millions of real people.