I have less than zero sympathy.
There are a number of technical reasons why the mRNA vaccines should be safer than existing vaccines. In any case, there were non mRNA alternatives. I believe that most life-scientists are just curious and trying to do good work. I don't really trust corporate big (whatever), but pharma in this case. I do trust the individual scientists I know to be caring and empathetic people and to do their best to save lives.
This is the exact argument the conservatives have against abortion.
Non-Contagious Things that that kill people = bodily autonomy.
Sounds arbitrary.
My body my choice right?
The bill has however an explicit exception for abortions, saying that regardless if a fetuses are a person, it doesn't mean abortions should be illegal.
fetuses aren't citizens but they are considered people... in some states.
It only seems arbitrary to me if I look at it from a narcissistic perspective.
Killing a baby is an effect on someone around(technically inside) a person.
So while it's not contagious, the effect of killing someone is the same.
And therefore no bodily autonomy should be allowed in this case.
It's the exact same logic used for covid restrictions.
You don't have bodily autonomy in cases where you can hurt others.
That said, the fundamental disagreement w.r.t abortion is whether or when a fetus is a person with the same legal protections as a born child, and to what extent to weigh this question, or these potential rights against the rights of the mother.
Abortion necessarily involves the killing of an organism. Anyone arguing otherwise is not basing their argument in reality. However, many commonly accepted and legal actions almost inevitably involve the killing of organisms: walking, driving, excavation, building. Our legal systems typically even allows for the killing of complex, almost-surely sentient creatures for food, and other purposes. This extends as far as the killing of humans under certain very limited circumstances. The essential disagreement on abortion is whether and when the killing that is an inescapable part of abortion is permissible, justified, lawful, and generally not murder.