The Two Arguments for Pro-Abortion: The Right to Self-Ownership or Self-Determination?

This study aims to argue the validity of the feminist pro-abortion arguments for women who are exposed to different forms of domination in various regions of the world and to defend the ideal of non-domination rather than the liberal understanding of autonomy and non-interference. This study advocates the right to self-determination and emphasizes creating a new language for claiming reproductive rights. The two pro-abortion approaches, i.e., the right to self-ownership and the right to self-determination, are compared along with three different cases (the USA, Turkiye, Vietnam) that feminists should consider while articulating their arguments. The liberal autonomy argument targets the intervention of the state, society, family, and patriarchal culture, but it should be noted that not every intervention involves domination. Therefore, non-domination should be sought instead of non-intervention.