The Abortion Debate

"Today"s amazing technology allows us to freeze zygotes for later use. Imagine you are in a hospital. Left of you, You see a freezer with 10 frozen zygotes. You know this. On your right, You see a single baby that you don"t know. You know the hospital will soon explode and you can save only one: the freezer or the baby. Instinctively, You will save the baby, But using the logic that life begins at conception and a zygote is the product of conception, You just chose one life over ten. The news would be reporting you as a hero, But in your reality, You would have just saved one life instead of ten. Why? I argue because, In reality, You believe that the baby is an actual, Fully developed life, But the zygotes were just potential lives or not fully developed lives, Not equal to a fully formed baby. " While I would save the fully formed baby, It is not because it is the logically correct choice. It's because your body tells you to morally. And just because a decision is a moral one, Doesn't mean that it is the correct one. Take this example. You are in the same situation, But instead of ten viable zygotes, It is 10 fully formed babies. Instead of the one random child, It is your own child. Your moral judgement tells you to save your own kid, While the logically correct choice is to save the 10. This is an example of your morals misguiding you as far as logic goes. Also, I do care about the "fully formed" life more morally, But that is why I believe when the mother's life is in danger that it should be an option. Because that is not abortion, That is her getting whatever treatment she needs, And the byproduct of that is the baby's death. But in the case where both can stay alive, I'd like it to be that way, Regardless of circumstances. "In fact, The same article states that "A 2012 Lancet study found that regions with restricted abortion access have higher rates [of abortions] than more liberal areas, And restricted regions had a much higher incidence of unsafe abortion. "" And I would assume those people go to jail. I think they should here if it was illegal. "In other words, Abortions are generally very safe procedures, But when they are banned, Abortions still happen, But in unsafe conditions resulting in a more dangerous procedure. " Shows how badly people want to kill babies. If it is illegal, Those people should go to jail. Don't do anything illegal. "My solution to lower abortion rates to almost 0? More Planned Parenthood like health care providers that provide everything Planned Parenthood provides, Except abortions. These would offer free contraception, Education, And STD and cancer screening. " So you ARE against abortion? "An MSNBC article says that there may be a direct link between the rise in contraception use and fall in abortions, Therefore more contraception providing health care providers would most likely lower abortion rates even further. http://www. Msnbc. Com/rachel-maddow-show/contraception-helps-lower-us-abortion-rate" Contraceptives are already extremely accessible, You can go down to your local pharmacy and buy a pack of condoms for 12 bucks. I said this a lot in my previous debate. Whether you like it or not, It is extremely easy to avoid pregnancy. The people who "accidentally" get pregnant, Decided to have sex without protection. You might bring up the rape cases. Me and you must agree that all other abortions are bad before we talk about that. Otherwise it's just an excuse to bring those up to make them all okay. What makes a baby "alive" in your eyes? If it is not alive from conception, When is it?