What's the difference between political rights and personal rights? Are they different?

According to the Annenberg Center at the University of Pennsylvania, a right is defined as a person's justifiable claim, protected by law, to act or be treated in a certain way. A political right, however, is one that recognizes one's freedom to participate in political structure, usually equated with citizenship. A personal right is a right over your own body, movement, privacy, and life.

A few political rights include:

• right to vote
• right to a fair trial
• right to government services
• right to public education

A few personal rights include:

• right to life
• right to liberty and freedom
• right to pursuit of happiness
• right to control what happens to your body and to make medical decisions for yourself

"We hold these truths to be self-evident--that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights."

--The Declaration of Independence