Resolved: Legalized Abortion is the Greatest Crime against Humanity in the History of Mankind

I hope it was as productive and informative for you as it has been for myself. The Challenge: The challenge of this debate was for myself (Pro) to prove that " Legalized Elective Abortion is the Greatest Crime against Humanity [1] in the History of Mankind. " The challenge for Con was only to show that it is not. As predicted in round one, the burden of proof has fallen most heavily onto myself. The Arguments: To support my claims and to meet my challenge, I (Pro) provided links to definitions and data in each round to show that an abortion does in fact kill a human child. That legalized abortion denies their personhood, their rights and the protections of our laws, etc. My opponent (Con) takes it even further and to this point steadfastly denies that a child in the womb can even be considered to be 'a human organism (Rounds 2,3 & 4). ' Con also believes that he has support for his denials in the references to definitions and such that he has also provided. However, on closer examination of my opponent’s sources, we can see that his claimed ‘biological reference’ leads not to a recognized biological reference but to a "Wiki" like user contributive effort instead [14]. Not that sources like Wiki are always a less than reliable source. They are likely more often than not ‘correct. ’ But they are not to be trusted as the final arbiter of truth, either. A wise approach is to use multiple sources. Note that this is a rebuttal of the ongoing denials of my opponent and is not intended as a new argument. Con continues to be defiantly selective in his reliance upon the definitions that he feels excludes children in the womb from being recognized as 'human organisms,' beings, persons, etc. Indeed, if we follow Cons own references we can see that "individualism [15]" does not exclude a child in the womb from being recognized as ‘a human organism’ as my opponent would like for us to believe. A human being in the womb can most certainly be distinguished from the body of the parent (mother) who carries them. A search for the truth demands that we consider all of the definitions and all of the aspects regardless of our preference for the outcome or final conclusion. Con knows (or should know by now) that there are many scientific definitions that are less ambiguous in the inclusive nature of their definitions. Indeed, from my opponents own cited reference, we find this: Being: '. .. a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently [16]. ' CONCLUDING: ’A human being’ in the first days of their life in their mother’s womb is (by my opponents own cited source) ‘a human organism. ’ Con’s denials and arguments to the contrary not with standing. SUMMARY: As noted earlier in the debate, there has been over 1.2 BILLION abortions performed worldwide since 1980. Nearly TEN TIMES the numbers killed by the Nazis in the German Holocaust (11 Million est. ). My opponent (Con) continues to espouse the same rhetoric that was used to deny humanity to those violated by atrocities such as Slavery in the U. S. [5] and the Holocaust. Con cited ‘Dehumanization’ as an example himself (R-3) as one of the ‘stages of Genocide. ’ Con agreed (in R-2), that “the denial of the status of equal “personhood” to a human being or to a group of human beings would be a crime against humanity. “ I submit that my opponent is a (unknowing) participant in that very denial and by being so is an insensible part of the ‘Greatest Crime against Humanity’ in the history of mankind. I have worked very hard to support my claims and I ask for your consideration in this debate. [1] Crimes Against Humanity - . http://en.wikipedia.org... [2] Elective Abortion - . http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com... [3] Ethnic - . http://www.thefreedictionary.com... [4] National - . http://www.thefreedictionary.com...[5] Dred Scott - . https://supreme.justia.com...[6] Zygote (organism) - . http://www.plannedparenthood.org...[7] Embryo (organism) - . http://www.plannedparenthood.org...[8] Fetus (organism) - . http://www.plannedparenthood.org...[9] Abortion Counter - . http://www.numberofabortions.com...[10] Proteins - . http://www.longwood.edu...[11] Placental Barrier - . http://lifepregnancy.com...[12] U. S. Code - . http://www.law.cornell.edu...[13] Human organism - . http://www.npr.org...[14] Biology Online - . http://www.biology-online.org...[15] Individual - . http://www.biology-online.org...[16] Being - . http://www.biology-online.org...