Abortion should be legalized

Introduction Thank you to logicalmaster123 and uniferous for an exciting debate that I’m sure has been an educational experience for all of us. I (famousdebater), would also like to thank TheProphett for helping out throughout the debate despite us having some problems with timing in terms of getting online at the same time to collaborate. With that, we will begin our final round of counter rebuttals. Framework Our framework is dropped and is therefore extended on our behalf. Due to this, voter’s ought to buy our framework over our opponent’s. The Fetus Is Not Alive Our opponents basically concede this contention when they say: “1 is no need, 4 of them the fetus can do, 2 they cannot, so fetus is a human being.” Firstly, when are opponents say that 1 of them is not needed they need to explain this further. This is a list that biologists have compiled [2], whilst we do not doubt the credibility of our opponents, I think that we can both agree that PhD level biologists know more about this topic than all of us [3] (since we are all younger than 18). Therefore, the accusation that one of them is not needed is not supported strongly enough to stand. They then claim that the fetus can do 4 of these. This is not necessarily true however this is irrelevant because of what they say next. Their final claim is that the fetus cannot meet 2 of these. This is essentially an automatic concession to the entire contention due to the fact that the fetus must meet ALL of the points to be considered living, not some, not a majority, ALL [1]. This ultimately means that our opponents have conceded this contention. After our opponents ‘attempted’ to refute our contention they went into a lot of detail explaining that the fetus grows. We never said that the fetus does not grow and growth (as previously stated), is only one of the 7 requirements to classify something as living / nonliving [1]. Our opponents effectively end up with a long and irrelevant rebuttal. This contention is enough to vote Pro on alone due to the weight that it bares and the fact that it also negates our opponents contention stating that the fetus is alive. Illegal Abortions Starting off, our opponents immediately pull our statistical percentages out of context and change it to make no sense. The evidence is presented in our opening argument as follows: “13% of pregnancy-related deaths worldwide are related to complications of unsafe abortion.”(12) “ (4) We did not state nor suggest that a “large percentage of illegal and unsafe abortions occur in the grand scheme of pregnancy related deaths.” In fact, this is the opposite of what we stated. It clearly says that 13% of pregnancy related deaths worldwide are related to complications of unsafe abortions. Backing up cryptic objections to our arguments with twisted quotes from our arguments provides little substance and no value to the case of our opponents. It is not an assumption that something will happen because it isn’t legalized. The colonists smuggled goods into the colonies because foreign trade was banned by the British. Americans distributed alcohol in a clandestine and law breaking manner during the prohibition era. As long as abortion is not legalized, those who truly seek and desire will use any means necessary to obtain it. It is not a question of “if” they will, but it is a question of “when.” Next, we see that our opponents bring up other contributing factors to illegal abortions. These could be limiting factors in places where abortion is illegal, but not in those which have legalized it. In a clear attempt to mitigate the effectiveness of our case, our opponents have used circular reasoning to try to distract from the values of our argument. Trying to list other causes of illegal abortion is futile, and from the point they are trying to argue, is the same as saying we should stop the use of penicillin because some people are allergic to it, or we should keep X illegal because Y sometimes happens and is a small contributing factor. Legalizing abortion would make it have a wide spread availability, and therefore decrease the number of desperate people who would undergo illegal abortions. We have successfully eliminated all attacks on this argument, and therefore our argument remains unopposed. Underage Teenagers Our opponents begin by stating our use of the twenties as a time period of our lives of importance is subjective is invalid. They ignore the use of three sources of evidence on this statement, and our use of this statement is correct and adequate in the context of our argument. Having children unexpectedly is common in the late teens (18-19), as shown by source number twelve of our opening argument. Raising children is a time consuming process and the twenties is when most people make important and crucial decisions about their futures and education. Abortion then may become a necessity if the carrying of the child is accidental and the mother or couple knows that they will not be able to adequately care for the child. We have no idea why our opponents brought up the subject of consent, because consent is not a problem when engaging in intercourse because there are various means of protection. No matter how hard you try to hammer things into one’s skull, when alcohol and influencing substances become a factor, the judgement of those in their late teens can become clouded and misguided. In the event that this does happen, and the mother or couple knows they cannot care for the child in the manner that a good parent should, then they will seek an abortion. Legalizing abortion is the best solution if we want to ensure that the lives of those coming into their early twenties do not stagnate then and there. I, TheProphett, would like voters to take note of the use of no reasoning at all by our opponents. They use big font to make their statements look important, but giving a sentence of objection does not provide any value or substance to their claims. Therefore, I can say without a doubt that this argument stands dropped by our opponents. Gender Equality Our opponents start their rebuttal of this subject with the presentation of the notion that men become unequal when the woman chooses to have an abortion. This is irrelevant and I do not know why our opponents placed this in their argument. As shown by our evidence in our opening arguments, the fetus grows because of the consent of the mother, and therefore is subject to the decisions of the mother, and does not have any unalienable right that prohibits removal. Saying that men are being made unequal by a process that is physically impossible for them to perform is amusing at best, but is illogical and irrelevant. Furthermore, allowing “women to murder” is not against libertarian beliefs; murder is against federal law in all civilized nations around the world. For the final time, abortion is not generating unwarranted gender inequality towards men, it is just giving women the jurisdiction over a process which men cannot physically perform. As presented in our previous defensive statement, consent is not the issue in abortion, there can be influencing factors such as alcohol and drugs that cloud judgement, and there are forms of protection when engaging in intercourse. Lastly, it is absurd to suggest that the man who contributed to the formation of the fetus has the authority to decide what is done about a woman’s body; that is gender inequality itself. Our opponents again provide little substance and we have successfully deflected any would be attacks against our case. Mother’s Life In this graph, the rate of maternal deaths in live births is shown for the past 25 years [5]. Death should not be used as a scare tactic to discourage intercourse or let alone pregnancy, because it is a rare occurrence in the “grand scheme of pregnancies.” We have provided evidence and data to suggest that abortions are safer than the live birthing, and mothers who want the operation should be given the opportunity to undergo it. Those who need it should be given it, because there is no room for error in the lives of mothers going through labor. Once again, this was an rebuttal filled with little substance and silly analogies. Therefore we conclude that our argument has been dropped because there has been no reasoning or logic pitted against it. Overview Most, if not all of our opponent’s objections to our arguments lacked substance, reasoning, and logic. Save a few sentences of contention, there were no sound arguments made against our case, and I would like voters to take note of that. Throughout this debate we have provided tangible and empirical evidence in favor of our arguments, and our opponents have all but ignored the statistics and given empty objections, much like a cat chasing the projection from a laser pointer to no avail. Voters take note of the rebuttals that were devoid of reasoning and substance. Conclusion We would like to thank our opponents for a debate which has proved to be an intelligent discourse about the topic of abortion. Though we do not agree with your position, we would like to thank you for dutifully posting your rounds and not forfeiting; forfeit results in an incomplete debate lacking fun or challenge. However the votes turn out, good luck! Sources [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org... [3] http://www.indeed.com... [4] http://www.debate.org... [5] http://www.economist.com...;(Picture)