Abortion

I appreciate my opponent debating this topic, and his determination to win over voters. My opponent raises no new arguments, as he constantly is trying to defend claims that he has previously made. **** Let me first of all address my opponents remark: "Otherwise, it is the job of every person to argue against the personhood of every organism qualified as life: ants, weeds, jelly fish, birds, etc. All of these creatures are not persons, although they are alive. " I believe that this debate was over people, I am not sure how the creatures tie into living human beings. I see where my opponent is headed though, he is trying to explain that even though something is alive does not make it a human being. However, we are still talking about a fetus in a mother's womb. We aren't talking about a plant, insect, lions, tigers, or bears. This fetus will turn into a human being eventually (unless aborted obviously, tragically). My opponent seems to want evidence I cannot produce and neither can he. He has called a fetus a "blob of flesh". If he would like to explain to the voters when he classifies a unborn baby as a human being I challenge him to do that. I have given morally supported evidence that these unborn fetuses are not just flesh, they are living humans. Therefore, the killing of these humans is considered murder. Once again, I challenge my opponent to explain to me when a "human is a human" as I have already done. In regards to my opponents incompetent remarks on developing. I applaud him for trying to come back and argue against the point about fetuses developing just as we are. He did it poorly. I hope my opponent is smart enough to realize that we are developing from the time we are conceived until we die. I also hope he is smart enough to realize that we remain human beings our entire life. There isn't much argumentation there, other than my opponents intellectual capacity and his attempt at destroying my argument with an insufficient rebuttal. **** My point was, regarding the Exodus 21:22-23, that my opponent stated this was an example of accidental abortion when it is clearly not. And when my opponent explains that the fetus is just worth a fine, that is all from the Old Testament. The Old Testament (besides such stories as the creation story, Noah, Jonah, etc. ), is full of old Jewish law that was eradicated by Jesus and the New Testament. So Exodus 21:22-23 clearly has no input on abortion or fetuses. Let me remind my opponent one more time, as he has seemed to misread Genesis 2:7 over and over again, what Genesis 2:7 actually says: "So breath is life, and when life is breathed into the earthen vessel that is a human body, it comes alive. " -Genesis 2:7 Nowhere does this verse say it only applies to adults. In the context of the creation story, yes, it applies to adults. However, once again, this does not say it only applies to ADULTS. **** CLOSING STATMENT I would like to address the voters. My opponent has provided a great debate over this topic, lots of interesting things were discussed. I appreciate my opponent using the Bible as a source, and allowing for debate over specific verses. It shows that he is a Christian. I would like to remind the voters that I answered every argument thoroughly, and just as my opponent asked.