Abortion should continue to be legal here in the U.S.A (first thing to pop in my head)

DEFINITIONS Common people? Prefer our definition because it's from Princeton University, all of yours are from an online dictionary. LEADERSHIP ADVANTAGE I'll clarify for my opponent who didn't understand the argument I was making: The entire basis of my negative attack against your advantage was that the global drop in abortion means that if the U.S. would REVERSE THIS TREND.. which would alienate the other countries that are limiting their abortions and providing alternatives to abortion (see counterplan). Actually, abortions have DECLINED SINCE 2005. Therefore, why should we reverse a declining trend? We both win in a world of the counterplan. You can read the source (abstract) here: (http://journals.lww.com... Why shouldn't people be "ashamed" of killing a fetus? Would you be ashamed and sad if you had to kill your family dog? Yes! In response to their "answer" to our turn. Actually, you ignore our trend evidence. When the United States continues to legalize abortion and the abortion rate increases, you will alienate critical political and trade allies in the Middle East that do not have legalized abortion, including Saudi Arabia. My opponent's case turn that "more people generally increases military power" is actually incorrect. Yes, we may see small increases, but the impact will not be that dramatic. Also, I never said that soft power was bad. Turn-a larger population leads to more soft/hard power (hegemony) balance because more people will go into diplomatic relations offices and also small increase of military power. Only this way, with a balanced effort, will we be able to prevent a global nuclear exchange. POVERTY ADVANTAGE Actually my opponent hit it right on the nail. We have moved to a more industrial society, obviously, and that is the argument. When we have more people in the farming industry, THEN we can prevent food shortages. If we increase the amount of people in our country, then more people can move to un-crowded rural areas where there is not enough population and farm there. EDUCATION/ECONOMY ADVANTAGE How dare you, opponent! How can you say that people who are in poverty are "therefore uneducated". Also, abortions are only used by the lower class. They are just as much used to prevent unwanted pregnancies when the shopping-suburbanite-college-student gets pregnant in college and aborts the baby. Infact, 51.0% of all aborting-mothers have incomes over $30,000, which is above the poverty line. (http://www.abortionno.org...)Therefore, this takes out your entire economy/poverty advantages because you cannot access them when those people having abortions aren't even poor. Also, 60% of all abortions happen to white women. Your argument that the rich will have to pay for more social services for the poor is incorrect. ACTUALLY, THE POOR PAY MORE STATE/LOCAL TAXES THAN THE RICH. (http://newstandardnews.net..... see the graph). This takes out your entire advantage. COUNTERPLAN: "Condoms don't work"- Actually condoms are extremely effective. Please read all of the statistics on this website: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org.... Turn- As it says in my source, condoms are the only way to prevent HIV/AIDS infection, besides abstinence. AIDS is extremely prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa and in other places around the world. If we adopt a encourage condom use on the federal and local level, we can be an example for the rest of the world. Because of the high medical costs that go along with HIV/AIDS, prevention will have an extreme effect on the economies of the individuals and governments of Africa and other places. A/T DA- People actually have sex 127 times per year (http://marriage.about.com...), therefore there is no Uniqueness for this argument. No link: Condoms are actually made of latex, which includes environmental compounds from roots, gums, resins, sugars, and starches. These materials are renewable and can be continuously planted. A/T Perm- The perm wouldn't work because we'd still have all of the problems with abortion mentioned above. "The American people have been fooled into believing they do": And that doesn't matter because politicians are supposed to stand up for their constituents..if they don't, they will vote their representatives (including you) out of office. http://www.nrlc.org...