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In order for abortion to be considered wrong, several premises must be proven: P1: Abortion is the intentional killing of fetus. P2: A fetus is an innocent human being. P3: The abortion of the human being falls under the US law’s definition of murder P4: Murdering innocent human beings is wrong and forbidden by US and international law. Conclusion: Abortion is wrong and should be made illegal. Premises one is undisputed as it is a definition that my opponent and I agreed upon. I will go into more detail with the other premises. Premise Two: My first argument is that a fetus is the result of two human parents through sexual intercourse. The fetus or unborn baby has very alike DNA to his/her parents. If the unborn baby is not human, then the question is, what is it then? The difference between the unborn baby and its fully grown self can be broken down into several categories: size, development, environment, and level of dependency. Other than these factors, there are no significant differences between the unborn baby and you and me. Are midgets and infants less human than Yao Ming? Are children and teenagers less human because their brains haven’t fully developed? Does place affect my humanity? Like unborn babies, one year old infants left to their own devices won’t live very long. [1] Even science acknowledges that fetuses are human beings. Even pro-abortion advocates like the New Scientist acknowledge that the fetus is a human being: “The task force finds that the new recombinant DNA technologies indisputably prove that the unborn child is a whole human being from the moment of fertilization, that all abortions terminate the life of a human being, and that the unborn child is a separate human patient under the care of modern medicine.” [2] Here is another example from a medical embryology textbook: “The development of a human being begins with fertilization, a process by which two highly specialized cells, the spermatozoon from the male and the oocyte from the female, unite to give rise to a new organism, the zygote.” [3] So in conclusion, science confirms that an unborn baby is a human being. Therefore, he/she is a human being without imposing outside, quasi-religious concepts such as “personhood”. The second half of that premise states that the fetus is innocent. The burden of proof is on Pro to prove that the fetus isn’t innocent because as the saying goes, “Innocent until proven guilty”. Premise Three: Here is how US federal law defines murder: “(a) Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. Every murder perpetrated by poison, lying in wait, or any other kind of willful, deliberate, malicious, and premeditated killing; or committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, escape, murder, kidnapping, treason, espionage, sabotage, aggravated sexual abuse or sexual abuse, child abuse, burglary, or robbery; or perpetrated as part of a pattern or practice of assault or torture against a child or children; or perpetrated from a premeditated design unlawfully and maliciously to effect the death of any human being other than him who is killed, is murder in the first degree. Any other murder is murder in the second degree. The killing of the unborn baby can be seen as unlawful as it violates the Due Process clause in the 15th Amendment. The Due Process clause in the 15th Amendment states that no one should be "deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law." Since the child’s life was taken away without due process of law then it is unlawful. It is also important to note that abortion can also fall under the US law’s definition of child abuse: “the term “child abuse” means intentionally or knowingly causing death or serious bodily injury to a child” [4] Premise Four: Not really much to say. Any civil society believes that murder is wrong. Unless you want to debate on whether murder is objectively wrong, then I rest my point here. Also the US federal government has a law pertaining to murder: (b) Within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, Whoever is guilty of murder in the first degree shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for life; Whoever is guilty of murder in the second degree shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.” [4] The legality of abortion is determined by state law. Because the premise that the unborn child is a human being has been proven, they are protected under this federal law. This would mean that state abortion laws contradict the federal law. And according to the Supremacy Clause in the Constitution, federal laws trump state laws. Therefore, the state laws that legalize abortion should be abolished. In addition, abortion also violates the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights that the United States has agreed to abide to. Article II: Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as... ...birth or other status. Article VI: Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. Article III: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. [5] Sources: 1 https://jonathangrahamblog.wordpress.com... 2. 189(2543):8–9, 18 March 2006 --- New Scientist 3. Langman, Jan. Medical Embryology. 3rd edition. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1975, p. 3 4. https://www.law.cornell.edu... 5. http://www.un.org...