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re: The right to privacy is implied in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th Amendments.
gbaikie — (archived)

"To be secure in one's person, as stated in the 4th, implies personal control over what can and cannot be done with one's body. "

Of course, right to take drugs isn't protected. And what you are actually talking about is a medical procedure and the involvement of the state in this procedure because we seem to generally demand that state get involved with all medical procedures.
Now, the state forcing people to be unable to have children would be quickly associated with what nazis were doing- not good. And the govt promoting the idea that people should get sterilized would be as explosive an issue an abortion. Though that people elect to do this is not a political issue- it's a private matter, that is available to both sexes.

Another aspect of this is the state interfering with religious beliefs. If the State decided that murder was a ok thing to do then you could expect religions in general to be in disagreement this this policy. On matter of starting life and dying one can expect religions to have an opinion on the matter.

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