Resolved: Legalized Abortion is the Greatest Crime against Humanity in the History of Mankind

I appreciate your efforts to define what I intended by the word "greatest" in my claim that "Legalized Abortion is the Greatest Crime against Humanity in the History of Mankind. " I intended the word only to mean "biggest. " I did not originally intend for it to mean as you have described in round 1. However, I am fine with using your clarification for the purpose of our exchange. Legalized abortion being the greatest crime against humanity would logically 'deserve more attention' than any other crime against humanity. That said, Pro does not agree that it is a matter of ‘what crimes call for more attention than others’ in the real world outside of this debate. All crimes against humanity should be dealt with equally, swiftly and as efficiently as possible by the proper authorities. As I mentioned in round one (R-1) of this debate, I (Pro) do not come to this debate with full confidence that I will actually win. I understand that I have a disproportionate that I have a disproportionate burden of proof in this argument and I only ask Con and the readers who follow along to give fair consideration to information presented. I would not have issued this challenge if I did not absolutely believe legalized abortion to be as serious of a crime as I have previously stated. Con has committed towards an argument that genocide has always been the greatest crime against humanity and to showing why (legalized voluntary) abortion is a neither murder nor an issue and that's why it can not be (in his opinion) a 'crime against humanity. ' Would that Con would consider the fact that voluntary abortions are themselves a form of genocide. The Rome Statute of the International Court [1] defines 'genocide' this way; Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national [4], ethnical [3], racial or religious group, as such: (emphasis is mine) a. Killing members of the group; b. Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; c. Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; d. Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; e. Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. I ask Con and our readers the following; 1. Do prenatal human children not comprise an ethnic and or national 'group' of human beings [3][4]? 2. Are prenatal human beings not deliberately killed when they are aborted?3. Are voluntary abortions not intended to 'prevent the births' of the children aborted? I also would like to ask Con if he agrees that the denial of the status of equal 'personhood' to a human being or to a group of human beings would also be a crime against humanity? For example, when slavery was deemed to be Constitutional (Dred Scott - United States) by ruling that ‘negro persons’ were a lower class of ‘persons’ than whites. Does Con agree that- that was a crime against humanity [5]? I have several other points and additional arguments that I will share as the debate unfolds. Hopefully, Con will address these questions in such a way that I can elaborate on the points raised even further. Sources: [1] . http://en.wikipedia.org...... [2] . http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com...... [3] . http://www.thefreedictionary.com... [4] . http://www.thefreedictionary.com... [5] . https://supreme.justia.com...