Abortion is wrong and bad

INTRODUCTION Thank you, Con. I am suitable to be called by my first name, yes! But I would like to lay down certain boundaries and reminders before we get too deep into this controversial topic of abortion. I am a female, hence things could get personal. Because I am against abortion yet I am female, my opponent cannot use the tactic of "males can't choose, it's the woman's responsibility and decision. Readers, do not take anything personally from me or Con. Though I am arguing as a Pro-life advocate, I don't refer that label to all people against abortion (I don't particularly agree with the names given by society "pro-life" and "pro-choice, as not all presumed pro-choicers are "against" life and not all pro-lifers are "against choice). Voters, please recall that the win goes to whoever debates best in the end, not whoever is politically correct, but at the same time the victor will be whichever "view-point on this concept will win out in the end" (as Con said). I believe we both agree with the definitions on abortion and the terms surrounding the topic. If we come upon a disagreement we will mention it sooner than later. ARGUMENTS 1.) Individuals are individuals Birth is a natural step in the circle of life in which the female gives birth, in one way or another, to another being. Conception is the step before birth and it is specially given as a job for females. When a female is carrying life/baby inside of her, it is her responsibility to protect the baby no matter what the circumstances, because all life has equal rights and is coequally precious. A form of human life, whether born, unborn, fetus, or not fetus, is still an individual human. This is because size and/or stages in the terms of life are not accountable for whether the life form gets to live. The individual who has the honors of carrying another beginning of a human cannot decide the fate of that little human because that little human is an individual itself, whether it can communicate or not. He deserves to live his life just like you or me or anyone does, he has equal rights, and he should be given a chance even if he cannot tell us that he wants a chance. 2.) Abortion is Murder Since the legalization of abortion in 1973, over 56 million unborn children have been killed, more than the entire population of Spain. That's 155 babies per hour. Every fourth unborn child is aborted. 23% of abortions occur at 9-10 weeks, 11% at 11-12 weeks, 7% at 13-15 weeks, 4% at 16-20 weeks, and 1% for 21-40 weeks. I argue that abortion is immoral, wrong, and murder because life begins at conception. "An unborn baby at 20 weeks gestation is fully capable of experiencing pain. " Without question, [abortion] is a dreadfully painful experience for any infant subjected to such a surgical procedure." Robert J. White, M.D., PhD., professor of neurosurgery, Case Western University "At 20 weeks, the fetal brain has the full complement of brain cells present in adulthood, ready and waiting to receive pain signals from the body, and their electrical activity can be recorded by standard electroencephalography (EEG)." Dr. Paul Ranalli, neurologist, University of Toronto The skeleton is complete and reflexes are present at 42 days. Electrical brain wave patterns can be recorded at 43 days. This is usually ample evidence that thinking is taking place in the brain. A few of the most brutal--and common--versions of abortion are such as these: Dilation and Evacuation (D&E): Sharp-edged instruments are used to grasp, twist and tear the baby"s body into pieces, which are then removed from the womb. Saline abortion: Salt water is injected into the womb through the mother"s abdomen. The unborn baby swallows this fluid, is poisoned and dies in a process that sometimes takes 24 hours. The toxic saline solution causes severe burns over the unborn child"s entire body. Some people assume that unborn life-forms are not babies and that they don't equal to a human therefore don't have rights to live. This is completely false because of the potential and obvious life signs that the fetus/being shows. Not only is this unfair and unjust, but also killing someone because of a lie. "Please understand that by aborting your unborn child, that does not make the baby go away. Your baby will be in your heart until you die. After abortion " the guilt, shame and loneliness is horrible. Once you abort, you cannot go back and change it." " Lisa Burroughs Murder is taking away a life. Abortion takes away a life. Therefore, abortion is murder. 3.) Abortion is unsafe. As a report counted (see sources), compared with other medical procedures, the abortion industry is largely unregulated. Although there are no exact statistics for the number of women who die from botched procedures, LifeDynamics.com compiled a list of 347 women killed by legal abortions since 1973.2 Furthermore, the National Cancer Institute commissioned a study lead by Dr. Janet Daling, an abortion supporter, and her colleagues at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center which found a link between abortion and cancer: "among women who had been pregnant at least once, the risk of breast cancer in those who had experienced an induced abortion was 50% higher than among other women." The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer reports: "28 out of 37 worldwide studies have independently linked induced abortion with breast cancer. Thirteen out of fifteen studies conducted on American women report increased risk. Seventeen studies are statistically significant, sixteen of which found increased risk. Most of the studies have been conducted by abortion supporters." "At 20 weeks, the fetal brain has the full complement of brain cells present in adulthood, ready and waiting to receive pain signals from the body, and their electrical activity can be recorded by standard electroencephalography (EEG)." " Dr. Paul Ranalli, neurologist, University of Toronto Rebuttals for Argument 1 "Woman should have the right to have full control of their bodies." As you read my first argument you would realize the facts about 'individuals.' You can't ignore the fact that the unborn body is NOT the mother's. While the mother has full responsibility as the grateful burdened carrier of life at that point in time, it is her job to keep the life inside her safe, not to throw it away just because the fetus can't speak physically for itself. But we must ask, if the unborn baby could communicate and we would give it the choice to live or not, what do you think he would choose? The whole flaw in abortion is that your taking away the human beings right to living, and that fact cannot be escaped. Women DO have the right to have full control of their bodies, but they also have full control of their offsprings' bodies/lives. Just because you can't see the life inside them doesn't mean the babies don't want their lives. "Taking away a mother"s right to her body, is never morally justified." Taking away a disabled--unable to communicate--human being's right to live in his/her body is never morally justified, either. Rebuttals of Argument 2/3 "Assuming that the vast majority of these 293,066 innocent women were impregnated, denying these women the right to not want a baby is immoral." Where are the sources? There are options available besides killing the children. "Teenagers who become pregnant will be forced to have a grim life without abortion. They are much more likely to drop out of school, receive inadequate care, rely on welfare taking up taxpayer dollars develop health problems, end up getting divorced, or poverty." The problem with this argument is that the percentage of teenagers who are actually pregnant and in a desperate circumstance is very low. Did I mention yet that situations of rape victims and/or young pregnancies take up less than 2% (see sources) of abortions annually? http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com... CONCLUSION We need to preserve life, not kill our next generation because we don't think we can handle them. From a logical perspective our goal is to help by the system of reproduction; in this way humanity is better off. What if you aborted Einstein? Adoption and foster care is the alternative that leaves the mother without guilt and regret and gives the child a chance at life no matter how bad the circumstances might be. Thank you for your participation, Con! I'm excited that we've got this debate rolling. Good luck on your Round 2. I'm running out of characters, sorry for any mistakes. :) SOURCES http://www.abortionfacts.com... http://www.tfpstudentaction.org... http://www.abort73.com... https://prolifeacrossamerica.org... http://liveactionnews.org...