Abortion is Generally Immoral

Unfortunately, Pro will not get the chance to respond to my arguments, so although I will do some specific rebuttals, I will focus on summarizing the reasons presented throughout the debate for the resolution to be negated. Premise 1: It quite amusing to me that Con chose to dodge my strongest argument and label everything as "an emotional appeal. " A reminder of this argument: Potential does not equal result. The unborn are potential for full-fledged humanship. Therefore the unborn are not full-fledged human beings. "Con keeps asserting that embryos/fetuses are only potential, but doesn't mention what they are actually. A potential X is an actual Y. " What are they actually? They are actual zygotes/embryos/fetuses. The potential humans are actually zygotes/embryos/fetuses. "If the unborn aren't fully human, then what are they? The reality is that the unborn are potential toddlers, but fully human. " They are full-fledged zygotes, embryos, and fetuses. My opponent is yet again confusing human as in the species and, and human as in a human being. The unborn are potential toddlers, but not yet full-fledged human beings. My logic stands. "However, additionally Con would have to admit that a human on life support is not fully human, because they can't survive on their own without technology aiding them. It would be morally justified in pulling the plug for any reason, regardless if they had a good chance of recovering or not. " And my opponent has not provided a reason to believe that a human on life support is a full-fledged human. Therefore, I see no reason why this is not moral. "Therefore, while Con's argument is valid, it is unsound. The unborn have the potential for adulthood, but they are already fully human. " Species vs. human being again. Potential does not equal result by definition. "Size is not accurate criteria for establish human rights"Perhaps not in a smaller sense, such as between two adults, but the difference between a baby and a zygote are huge. In the case of such a large difference, size can be an accurate criteria. My opponent has not provided sufficient reason to believe that size is not an accurate criteria when we are dealing with the difference between something so very small. "Level of development is not good criteria, otherwise toddlers would still have less rights than adults, and the disabled would have less rights than those who are not disabled. "Toddlers do have less rights than adults. "Degree of dependency is not good criteria because that would mean that toddlers deserve less rights than adults"Toddlers do have and deserve less rights than adults. You wouldn't want a toddler to vote would you? "But the embryologists consistently agree that human life begins at fertilization. This is full-fledged human life (biologically). "Taxonomically. This is not full-fledged human life. A zygote does not have the traits of a human. A zygote cannot think, which is one of the primary distinctions of being human. "Con appeals to Evolution but the cases are not parallel at all. "Pro provides no reason to believe that the cases are not parallel at all. He simply states this. My evolutionary analogy stands. "But a chicken embryo (inside the egg) is a chicken, just like a human embryo (inside the uterus) is a human. "Other than saying that a a chicken embryo is like a chicken because it has all the DNA, there is no similarity between the two. Same as with humans. We don't say "I'm going to eat this chicken. " We say "I'm going to eat this egg. " And by egg I mean the contents of the egg. Review of Premise 1:Basically, my argument still stands. Potential is not the result. Zygote is potential. Zygote is not the result. Premise one falls. Premise 2My opponent never actually justified why killing an innocent human is wrong. Beyond that, because premise 1 has fallen, premise 2 is irrelevant. Premise 3I concede premise three, but it really doesn't matter because premise one has failed. Conclusion1. I proved that potential does not equal the result, therefore the potential for full human life does not equal full human life. Ex. A zygote cannot think.2. I fulfilled my BoP by providing a morally acceptable abortion situation. Therefore, the resolution is negated.