Abortion Being Allowed In The US

Attacking my opponent's final arguments:"My opponent has described many facts stating the negativity of abortions."I never legitimately gave evidence that stated the risks of abortions. My opponent did that. I would completely agree with the fact that abortion is a risky procedure, but pregnancy is 14 times riskier. When women get past the period where the morning after pill is a viable solution, they are faced two choices: termination of the pregnancy or pregnancy. If a women does not want to give birth to a child and feels it would be best for the to terminate the pregnancy, it is illogical for them to choose to have a child."Yes, there may be more deaths with actually having a baby than not, but abortion still isn't right. It's taking away a fetus that could have been a human being."Here my opponent conceded that pregnancy is more dangerous. This makes the danger argument completely invalid on my opponents side because women (as I said earlier) only have two options, and abortion is less dangerous. My opponent also concedes that fetus is not a human being. The key word they use here is could have been. This means that abortion cannot be considered unethical because it is not a human being when it is eliminated.My own final arguments: Solvency- My opponent never addresses my argument of backstreet abortions. In the United States today, there is not an excessive amount of illegal abortions that take place because abortion is not illegal. Still, they are happening, and about 200 to 250 women die every year. "Estimates of the annual number of illegal abortions in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s range from 200,000 to 1.2 million. Prior to Roe v. Wade, as many as 5,000 American women died annually as a direct result of unsafe abortions. Today, abortion is one of the most commonly performed clinical procedures in the United States, and the death rate from abortion is extremely low: 0.6 per 100,000 procedures." -ourbodiestoourselves.org The point proven by this evidence is that currently, in states with restrictive abortion laws, women still die from illegal abortions. In the past, when abortion was illegal around 5,000 women died every year from such abortions. If America goes back and makes the abortions illegal, the abortion rate will go down, but abortions will still take place. These abortions will be increasingly dangerous and more deaths will occur. This brings me to my the point on solvency. My opponent is not solving for the one argument they continually brought up. They are not solving for the danger aspect of abortions. Oklahoma is a state with one of the most restrictive abortion laws; they also have one of the highest abortion rates. In contrast, Oregon is a state with one of the least restrictive abortion laws; they have one of the lowest abortion rates. (The reason for this is because along with strict abortion laws comes restrictive contraception laws and bad sex education for children; that's a whole other argument that I wont get into). Morality- One of the major points made in the round is whether or not abortion is morally permissible. If a fetus could indeed be considered a child, then abortion could be considered ethically wrong. My opponent provided no legitimate evidence to prove that a fetus is a baby. A fetus cannot survive outside it's mother's body. It is simply a developing blob of cells. It's elimination can save the mother a large amount of stress and pain. I would agree that abortion is not right for everyone, and if a mother feels that abortion is wrong, they can simply choose to not get one. However, just because some mothers would prefer not to abort a child, doesn't mean it should be illegal in the United States. Regret- This is a very important argument that was dropped by my opponent. I provided evidence that showed "Research indicates that relief is the most common emotional response following abortion, and that psychological distress appears to be greatest before, rather than after, an abortion." This shows that abortion is not a widely regretted procedure. There are some women who regret their abortions. There are always counseling oppurtunities for such women. Prenancy has similar effecst such a postpartum depression, showing that the regret level of pregnancy and abortion is relatively the same, if not higher, for pregnancies. For these reasons, I urge a pro vote.Thank you to samathafalk for a great debate!