Abortion should be illegal.

1. Making abortions illegal doesn't mean they will stop. I never stated that back-alley abortions are not bad, that is an invalid statement. By making abortion illegal, it is obvious at first the number of abortions will lower and lower and the goal is to stop anyone from having an abortion; it would be a small start, but the goal is to get there. As a famous and wise greek philosopher called Aesop said "Slow but steady wins the race". Since my opponent seems to want to change this topic to something else i am gladly to attack these issues too. Now as far as the death rates go you may say that banning abortions will cause more deaths, well you are not looking the far more health problems that comes with having ANY kind of abortion. The Breast Cancer Association has had recent studies have pointed out that there is what some might term a "dramatic relationship" between the rate of abortion and the rising incidence of breast cancer among women who have aborted. In fact, as the rate of abortion rises in America, so does the rate of breast cancer, with the most increased rate being among those women who have had abortions. In human medicine it has been studied that post-abortion grief as a serious complication of induced abortion. The British Medical Journal says women that have had an abortion experience Acute Grief reaction, in fact 3 in 4 (77%) that has had an abortion feel this if the abortion was for genetic reasons. The British Columbia Report says every 1 in 2 women that do have an abortion feel emotional and physical disturbances. Gynecology from Scandinavia informed everyone that 1 in 4 women that had an abortion had complications in future pregnancies. The American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology had a research and found out that a first-trimester abortion can result in bacterial vaginosis leading to Pelvic inflammatory disease --a condition that must be treated. The Bernadell Technical Bulletin found that uterine perforations can go unrecognized and untreated then later being a problem with the woman's health. The British Journal of Cancer recognized that there is 140% increased risk of Cancer following an abortion. The American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology found legal abortion appears to contribute to an increase in ectopic pregnancy in younger women when associated with pelvic inflammatory disease 30% increased risk after one abortion. 160% increased risk after two or more abortions. They also found 600% increased risk of getting Placenta Previa a condition producing extremely severe, life-threatening bleeding in future pregnancies. Also, that abortions increase bleeding during subsequent pregnancies. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry found that abortions cause decreased maternal bonding, the loss of a baby through abortion may cause a mother to be less affectionate toward future children and may contribute to child abuse. The Canadian Journal of Public Health found that 1 in 24 (4.1%) women that had an abortion have experienced immediate medical complications. The New England Journal of Medicine revealed that women that had an abortion had 150% greater risk of cervical injury than for women over 30 years of age. The Journal of the American Medical Association found women that had an abortion had a 200% increased risk of miscarriage after two or more abortions. Now my opponent said illegal abortions are not safe and I agree there not, but with all of the information I have just given you, do you still think legal abortions are still safe and don't bring many risks for the woman's health? Not considering, also taking the life of the potential human being. 2- Alternatives. I am not trying to make sound anything easy, do not use Ad hominem in this debate. And as i just showed in my previous facts, the scars left physically and mentally from when you have an abortion and when you give the baby for adoption have some similarities and some differences. For example, if a woman has an abortion it could lead to health and mental problems for her; but as far as adoption goes it could only be mental, if that even takes place. Plus, the child would be able to live. Yes, the Guttmatcher Institute does state that but, even if you did use birth control you should know that there is a small percentage that it could still fail. Potential person arguement: I think my opponent misunderstood my point. What i meant to come across as the "potential people" was the fetus inside of the mother, not the eggs. The eggs are not mixed with the sperm yet so therefore it is not a developing person. Once the eggs mix with the sperm then it is a process you can't change and produces a potential human being. The eggs alone are not potential people until it is mixed with sperm. I never pledged the idea that i wanted to destroy the world by resulting in shorter resources, a little paranoid don't you think? And i beleive my opponent is going way off topic but, I gladly am responding to his arguements. As far as the "pro-life people" you are going WAY off subject again. Abortions cost about $320-$500 according to www.costhelper.com According to the Alan Guttmatcher Institute there is about 42 million abortions each year. That would mean people are giving up AT LEAST $13440000000 to take a life away, big difference from what the pro-life people spend right? Don't you think that could be used to build more foster homes? Or to help take care of the child? Or as you said help the lives of the children in the Third World? I'm pretty sure you cannot control all of the worlds money and I can't either. This arguement is irrevelant to the resolution and the point you are trying to prove, Abortion shouldn't be illegal. 4- Exceptional cases This case is very rare and unfortunate but either way it is wrong to have an abortion just because the mother might die. What makes the mother more important than the fetus? In this case both have a chance at living but only time would tell. But again, this case is VERY rare in fact, only .02% of pregnancies are Eptopic pregnancies. 1- Miscarriage My opponent is assuming all of the women that want to have an abortion have children already, which is not the case. And when the body dispulses a fetus it is because it knows it will not survive, unlike when you have an abortion where the reasons to take the life of a fetus are personal reasons knowing the fetus can potentially survive and live a happy life, that is the difference between natural miscarriage and abortion. 2- Potential person. As i had said before, there are more mental and physicall health problems that come with having an abortion than to giving it up for adoption. Foster care homes are the last alternative if the child has no family that has adopted him/her, anyone can get raped anywhere your "three in four chance" fact does not prove they are going to be raped. Suicides are comitted with the young,old and everything in between. My opponent brought religion into this, what indicates that i'm a Catholic? There are no proven facts that say that if you commit suicide you will go to "hell"; there is no proven fact that says you will go to "heaven" if you do this or that. My opponent brought religion in, which should never be done. If there are no proven facts that say the person will go to hell or heaven, his statement is invalid; just like many of his other arguements. I urge you to vote Pro, my opponent went of talking about other things besides the point that abortion is as he said before taking a life away and it is immoral and it should be illegal because you know what? That is a life and it should have the right to live just like all of us do, plain and simple.