Do you own your body?

In a practical and moral sense, individuals possess rights of bodily autonomy, but the law traditionally treats the human body through a complex lens where living people have rights of control and integrity rather than absolute property ownership.

Legal and Philosophical Views
No-property rule:
Common law historically states that a living person’s body or its parts are not items of property that can be bought or sold freely.
Bodily autonomy:
Instead of property ownership, laws protect your right to control what happens to your physical form, such as consenting to or refusing medical treatment.
Separated tissue:
Once cells, blood, or organs are removed from the body, individuals often lose legal control or commercial rights over those samples.
After death:
Legal systems generally dictate that a deceased body is not owned by anyone, though designated executors carry the legal duty and right to arrange a lawful burial or cremation.