Abortion

I forgot to say this last round, but welcome to DDO Con. I wish you many successful debates on this website. I don't have much time so I'll keep my rebuttals brief. Con's first argument about the number of abortions is irrelevant until evidence is provided that they are "unborn children" rather than just a fetus. Con also say that life begins at conception, but since no evidence is provided to support this, and I have provided evidence that contradicts it, there is no reason to believe this statement. Your argument that man and woman should not engage in intercourse unless they want a child is absurd. What if a couple only wants one child and the woman ends up getting pregnant in her mid twenties. No form of contraception is 100% effective. Is con proposing that the couple cease intercourse for the rest of their marriage? What about before a couple is prepared for a child? What about in the case of rape. In response to the adoption alternative I found statistics of in adopted children. "Each year more than 20,000 children age out of the foster care without being adopted. Today there are 104,000 children in foster care waiting to be adopted ranging in age from less than a year old to 21." [1] Not only that but children are discriminated against in the adoption system. About 48% of unadopted children are Caucasian [1]. Is this because more Caucasian babies are put up for adoption? Of course not. Parents are selective when adopting. As for preventing teenagers from having intercourse through abstinence, all I will say is it doesn't work. The teen pregnancy rates are highest in states with abstinence only education [2]. The argument about women having more control of there bodies by practicing abstinence is absurd (I agree with the use of contraception but again it doesn't always work). Not only are you limiting their freedom by telling them to be abstinent, but telling woman to be abstinate rather than be able to have an abortion is saying that- instead of giving you option A (abstinence) and option B (abortion) the government will outlaw option B. Only being able to exercise option A (abstinence) will force you to have more discipline, ergo have more control over your body. This is using the definition of discipline for control. Realistically a more proper synonym for control in this situation is FREEDOM. Con's next argument addresses the next argument to rape/incest by saying why punish an unborn child? First of all Con has not proven it is a life already. Secondly it is no more punishing of the fertilized egg than men and women punish their individual sperm and eggs by not allowing them all to connect to one of their opposites and grow into a human. Is it punishing them to not let them have a life? All sperm and eggs are potential humans, so why is there no movement to preserve them? Shouldn't all of my sperm have an equal right to life? This is clearly absurd and needs no explanation. Con's argument that abortion is dangerous is largely untrue. There are rarely complications and any complications are usually minor. Abortion is less dangerous than childbirth [3][4][5][6][7] Bible argument: irrelevant, I'm not a Christian Murder argument: Con gave no evidence while there is significant evidence to the contrary. Pain argument: Firstly it doesn't make the fetus a human life, second it has NOT been proven. Conclusion: BoP is on Con here since she wants to make all abortions illegal. The lack of evidence alone should be enough but I have given strong arguments and rebuttals in favor of abortion. Back to you Con! [1] http://adoptuskids.org... [2]http://thinkprogress.org... [3]http://womenscareclinic.ca... [4]http://thelifecenter.publishpath.com... [5]https://www.prochoice.org... [6]http://mobile.reuters.com... [7]http://healthland.time.com...