Abortion Should be Legal

So far, you've implied that the child's opinion doesn't matter, yet you mention a woman who says that she should have been killed (which sounds downright suicidal). I'd like to ad that drawing any kind of line on maturity of when the human becomes a person, is, at best, a strange way of doing things. A human does not suddenly mature; it's gradual. You could draw the line at 21 weeks, which would mean that at 20 weeks, 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds, the fetus is not a person. I don't believe in putting people out of their misery; if they want, they can do it themselves, but to do it to them would be murder. It sounds to me like this is what you're suggesting. If a fetus is a person, then killing it in any circumstance would be murder. It is commonly said that "there is no such thing as an unwanted child", because, for every parent-less child there are about 1.5 families wanting to adopt. No, I did not know that abuse is rampant in the foster-care system. According to my findings, which are a little shaky, about 28% of foster kids are abused. (1) If a family can't afford to take care of another child, they probably won't try to adopt. It's funny that you should mention visitation rights of rapists, because my previous opponent on this topic did as well. This is easily dismissed, because if rapist visitation rights are unwanted, make that illegal. This is not an issue of abortion. Just because an embryo matches the DNA of a person, doesn't mean that it was rape. If that person confessed, or was previously convicted of rape, that would be evidence, but not conclusive proof. I apologize that my source was unsatisfactory, though I saw no-where on the site where it said that it was referring to self-induced abortions. I also found this: "" One death per every 530,000 abortions if you are at eight weeks or less " One death per 17,000 abortions for pregnancies at 16"20 weeks " One death per 6,000 abortions at 21 weeks and more.", and on the same site, some risks are shown as: "" Cramping of the uterus or pelvic pain " Nausea or vomiting " Diarrhea " Warmth or chills " Headache " Dizziness " Fatigue " Inability to get pregnant due to infection or complication of an operation " Allergic reaction to the medicines " Hemorrhage (heavy bleeding) possibly requiring treatment with an operation, a blood transfusion, or both " Incomplete removal of the unborn child, placenta, or contents of the uterus, requiring an operation " Rarely, death." (2) You've not yet mentioned how you intend to prove that a baby is not a person. Which of the differences do you consider the determining factor, and why? "If you can't even decide to have the child without the guilt of morals playing a role, then you a certainly not mature enough to make the decision to give away your child. " This is ridiculous, you said that we should ignore morals when making a decision on abortion. This is the equivalent of saying that our selfish desires are all that matter on the subject. Aborting a child is killing a life, life is priceless, therefore, abortion is very expensive. You also say : "Having the child, is actually the selfish option.", so your saying, that having a child, which will cost you immeasurable time and effort, and possibly emotional turmoil, so that you can help a child become a good adult, is MORE selfish than killing the child to avoid all of the difficulty? So we should assume that the child would rather die, than be raised in a potentially stressful environment? Who are we to judge what the child can not yet communicate? Would you shoot someone who told you that they wanted to die? That would be murder. 1: http://www.psychologytoday.com... 2: http://www.midlandlifecenter.org... 3: more on risks: http://afterabortion.org...