Autonomy Amendment Now

Amend the Constitution: Protect Bodily Autonomy

People have a right to control their own bodies, and to have the final say on what happens within them. This right is known as bodily autonomy, or sometimes "body autonomy" or "bodily integrity". This right protects you from:

• Involuntary medical procedures
• Unwanted chemicals in food and drinking water
• Execution by organ removal
• Forced sterilization and forced reproduction
• Being forced to keep your body a certain way when you would like to change it

However, this fundamental right is under threat. It is not explicitly protected in the United States constitution. State and federal governments have infringed upon it in the past and are likely to try to do so again.

We propose an amendment to the United States Constitution that would protect the right to bodily autonomy:

The right of the people to autonomy in their bodies shall not be abridged by the United States or by any State.

Since the first step in passing a constitutional amendment is usually its proposal in Congress, we are focusing our advocacy campaign on congresspeople, and asking them to introduce and pass a bill to propose this amendment to the states for ratification.