Drug Prohibition & Anti-Vaxxism
If the State has a legitimate interest in protecting you from dangerous drugs, it certainly follows it has a legitimate interest in protecting you from dangerous vaccine refusal. It can fine you or imprison you for self-medicating with drugs like cocaine and heroin. It can fine you, imprison you, or put the kibosh to your livelihood if you refuse its mandated vaccine.
The underlying premise? The State knows better than you do what's good for you.
Clearly, the "my body, my choice" precept does not apply to the natural right to self-medication. It does apply to the unnatural right to abortion. Never mind that, under the first scenario, the adult makes a decision that can puts only his own health and well-being at risk, whereas under the second, the adult makes a decision that results in the elimination of a non-consenting party to the transaction.
Millions of otherwise intelligent human beings defend fining and imprisoning adults who freely choose to smoke, snort, or inhale the substances of their choice, even as they vehemently object to any legislative measure aiming to restrict a woman's right to kill her baby. Isn't that something?
