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My opponent's rebuttal only contests premise two which states that a fetus is a human being based on his assertion that they aren't even alive which I will refute. Pro's analogy with the egg easily falls apart with a simple fact: The eggs that people purchase from the supermarket are not fertilized whereas the fetus is the result of a sperm cell fertizilzing an egg. Unfertilized, the egg will never become anything more than an egg. The reason why some people object to buying and eating eggs is because of the animal cruelty that goes on when collecting these eggs. [1] Now I’ll go on to prove that fetuses do meet all requirements to be considered alive: Respiration: Pro misuses his source which stated the requirements as it defined respiration as: “Getting energy from food to carry out cell processes” [2] The cells in the fetus are obviously alive so there must be processes going on within them so this condition is met. Sensitivity: Fetuses sense of touch develops as early as three weeks where most people don’t even realize they are pregnant. [3] Reproduction: At its current state, no however with proper development and give say 21 years, most are fully capable of reproducing with each other and their parents (They probably shouldn’t though) as they are all members of the same species. Excretion: You basically refute yourself by saying that fetuses can excrete waste. If it is possible for them to excrete waste no matter how often they do it they meet the requirement. Nutrition: Fetuses rely on the nutrients of their mother but they can still take them in without outside help. Parasites obtain their nutrients the same way but no one argues that they aren’t alive. You strawman my argument when I referred to the pro-abortion New Scientist and the embryology textbook. I never claimed that they state that abortion is murder, rather they reinforce the fact that the fetus is a human being from the moment of conception. The embryology textbook was to highlight that the consensus among the embryologists or the experts in the field agree that the fetus is a living being to the point that it is standard in teaching students who wish to go into the field. Even authorities in the medical field like Princeton University acknowledge that the fetus is a human being at the moment of conception. [4] You have not given any reason as to why their statements don't carry any weight. "We don't know what abortion is at the moment" Not knowing whether the fetus is living or not is poor justification for abortion. Hunters are criminally liable if they shoot at something not knowing whether or not it was a deer or a human being. Demolition engineers are criminally liable if they blow up a building not knowing whether or not there are people in that building. If it is unknown if the fetus is alive or not, it should be treated as if it was alive. “Meaning that most abortions occur when the baby is an embryo and an embryo is confirmed to be non living” The claim that most abortions occur when the baby is an embryo is backed by your sources but not the latter assertion. Sources: As I look closer at Pro’s sources I realized that many of them are either unreliable or do not work. I will list them below. Round 3: 2,3,5 basically web forums or equivalents to Yahoo! Answers that do not cite anything scientific Round 4: 2, 3 are also equivalents to Yahoo! Answers in addition to the fact that they are also broken links that lead to 404 Error pages. My Sources:[1] http://freefromharm.org...[2] http://www.bbc.co.uk...[3] http://firsttimepregnancy.org...[4] https://www.princeton.edu...