TY - JOUR T1 - My body, still my choice: an objection to Hendricks on abortion JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 145 LP - 145 DO - 10.1136/jme-2022-108538 VL - 49 IS - 2 AU - Kyle van Oosterum Y1 - 2023/02/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/49/2/145.abstract N2 - In ‘My body, not my choice: against legalised abortion’, Hendricks offers an intriguing argument that suggests the state can coerce pregnant women into continuing to sustain their fetuses. His argument consists partly in countering Boonin’s defence of legalised abortion, followed by an argument from analogy. I argue in this response article that his argument from analogy fails and, correspondingly, it should still be a woman’s legal choice to have an abortion. My key point concerns the burdensomeness of pregnancy which is morally relevant to the question of whether the state can coerce people to use their bodies to help another person. ER -