The government violates bodily autonomy every single day . Whether it ' s taxes that fit into your lax definition or jail , which literally denies a convicted criminal of their autonomy , or other types of laws that prevent you from consuming drugs , having third trimester abortions or . What have you . The government has a monopoly on force . And the government occasionally decides to deny people choice over their own bodies . When does the government decide NOT to control people ' s bodies ? And you find this question answered explicitly in Roe v Wade . Yes , a fetus has a right to life and to be born , but before a certain point a woman has the right to medical attention and privacy . And this privacy at certain points TRUMPS the rights of the fetus . How does this relate ? Well like you point out , courts have decided the rights of the BORN BABY trump some of the rights of the mother and the father . Feeding a child is more important than the wear and tear extra labor causes the mother or the father . If you think child support is bull shit or wrong or immoral , then spear head some legislation for the government to more thoroughly and consistently care for abandoned and unwanted children , or the children of single parents . TLDR the government is in the business of denying people ' s rights in a manner that makes society work more smoothly . Yes , I ' m ready for the downvotes