Placing laws on public spaces, such as roads, for the sake of public health, like preventing motor accidents, is not only a perfectly justifiable action but also isn't infringing on any rights to begin with. Driving isn't a right, nor is drinking alcohol, and doing both is definitely not a right; furthermore, you are perfectly free to drink and drive on your own property, it is only illegal to do so on public roads, since it is the public space is what is being regulated, not you yourself.
Bodily autonomy does not fall under this same vein because your own body is not for public use. The only person who has a say over what can happen to your own body is you, and no other person has the right to your body without your constant consent. That's why no person, even a baby, has any right or say over the decision-making of your own body's medical decisions, even if it means they die.
As for poverty, yes, I think that we absolutely should improve and guarantee access to things like education, healthcare, social services, etc. for all people, pregnant or not. And if people still choose to get abortions, even if they do have the guaranteed access to any resources they might need, then that is still their right to do so.
Ultimately, the potential or supposed life of the fetus is completely irrelevant as to whether or not the mother has the right to bodily autonomy. Even if it was a grown adult person attached to your body to live, you would still have every right to sever that connection, killing them, because they simply do not have a right to use your body if you don't want them to.
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