Abortion practiced on a baby with a beating heart should be illegal

I stand on the pro side of this argument. Abortion. Simply put...ew. Babies have a right to live. Before I say anything, I would like to point out that this resolution says "practiced on a baby with a beating heart". Babies are not considered alive and can't feel pain until they are 8 weeks old. Abortion before this point, I personally believe, is ok. Not necessarily right, but definitely ok. Now, I know a common argument for this topic is "WHAT ABOUT THE RAPE BABIES?" Well, my friends, it is proven that less than one percent of abortions are used on these rape babies. Mostly, careless teenagers get abortions. The problem with youth today is that they have a severe lack of morality and, for the most part, an inability to accept responsibility for their own actions. By taking away the option of abortion, we force them to be responsible for what they have done. And yes, I acknowledge that flighty teenagers or drug addicted mothers are likely to abandon their child. But I ask you to acknowledge this: Abandonment is a better alternative to abortion. At least then the child has a chance to live. I would also like to say my piece about stem cell research. For anyone who doesn't know, this is taking the cells that create a child when it is...oh about one to eight days along, and grafting it to...let's say an old woman's heart. Stem cells can become any kind of tissue. And since one to eight days meets the requirements of the eight week time bracket before the baby is truly alive, then this is also a better alternative to an abortion after eight weeks. There is a tragedy taking place right here in America. In our back yard, so to speak. Partial birth abortion. There are two states where this act is STILL LEGAL. For the benefit of those reading, and, just in case, my opponent, I'll clarify. A partial birth abortion is when the baby is partially delivered and then killed. Think back to my argument where I stated abandonment is a better alternative to abortion. The child in this partial birth abortion would have a split second of life before eliminated. This is not ethical. It is not fair, and it is certainly not morally right. This also takes us back to my argument on the morality of America's youth. By allowing abortions, we are telling them morality is not a matter to be concerned with. These are not the kind of ideas we need encouraged. Many people may be thinking, "What about high school girls? Having a baby will hurt their education!" Well, first of all, they are probably pregnant out of their own carelessness, unless of course they were raped. But a statistic I offered earlier says that less than one percent of abortions are conducted on rape victims. Next, I would like to offer up a personal example. I am a freshman in high school. Last year, a friend of mine got pregnant. She was in the eighth grade, just like me. Instead of taking the easy way out and getting an abortion, she held in there. 9 months later she had a beautiful baby boy. She stopped smoking, and matured a great deal. Oh, and it didn't hurt her education, because she's a freshman with me this year. The birth of her son forced her to mature and even had health benefits, seeing as she stopped smoking. While high school pregnancies are frowned upon, they force many students to mature and to make choices that benefit people other than themselves. I now await my opponents arguments.