Abortion Should Be Legal and Unrestricted

My opponent states that the fetus isn"t human because why would it be an option in the first place, but I could also say that if it wasn"t anything but goo, why would people be fighting against abortion? The point neglects that abortion being illegal, is a valid legal option because there are people who argue that it is a life, therefore it comes down to whether this fetus is human or not. The only reason why this abortion decision goes both sides is because there are different thoughts as to whether the fetus is a human. It"s not like the against abortion people think the fetus is not human. I will bring up why I think it"s a human later on, but now I will address the point where my opponent thinks because someone can not live on its own, it"s therefore not a human. I find that there is no reason to think that because someone is dependent on something, that they"re not human. People are dependent on machines but we surely consider them human. The only requirement for someone to be human, is for them to have been past any amount of time after conception. And autonomy does not mean that someone has to make decisions for themselves, it means that they aren"t controlled externally, like independence. "And yes, I absolutely believe that there are circumstances in which abortion would be necessary, such as if the birth of the child would lead to the death of the mother." This illustrates that my opponent does not understand the meaning of necessary. In this case, it is not necessary because the mother could refuse, even if it would lead to her death, therefore it isn"t an necessary because it"s an option. "Caring for a child is extremely costly and time consuming; women that cannot afford to care for another human being deserve the right to terminate a pregnancy." My opponent is taking a really cruel stance, this quote essentially states that if something is inconvenient for someone, they have the right to kill it. My opponent is undermining the value of life. Pro is neglecting the right any human has to life. A human is not an object that if someone does not want, they have the right to terminate it. Plus where are the alternatives my opponent is not considering in their whole case? In every situation stated, the option for adoption or foster care is available except with the point about the mother dying but I will address that later as well. Rape People who become pregnant from rape and decide to abort are not doing anything good by it. There is no reason why a victim of rape should be able to create another victim of murder. Killing a baby does not get rid of the memory of rape, nor is it justified. In fact, by aborting the baby the mother is not only letting the rapist commit the horrible act of rape, but the mother is also indirectly letting him get away with murder because the mother chooses termination. Since the mother chooses to kill the child because of the rape, the rapist had put her into that position, thus making the rapist somewhat responsible. But this is not to say this completely removes the responsibility from the mother, she is still culpable because there are alternatives. For example, adoption, foster care, family, or raising it herself. Also it is not justified to kill another human due to someone"s inconvenience. Why it"s a human Fetus- "an unborn or unhatched vertebrate especially after attaining the basic structural plan of its kind; specifically : a developing human from usually two months after conception to birth" http://www.merriam-webster.com... Fertilization- "the process of union of two gametes whereby the somatic chromosome number is restored and the development of a new individual is initiated" http://www.merriam-webster.com... Ok, a fetus is by definition past the period of conception, and conception which is essentially fertilization, is the beginning of the life of an individual. Therefore any point after conception, the fetus is human. Yes it"s developing because it"s undeveloped but so is everyone before they hit puberty. The mother can't really abort the fetus before it"s living, because the fetus starts living at conception which is when they could be told they are pregnant. They won"t abort if they don"t know they are pregnant. Mother dying In this case, it is still unjustified to kill the baby due to human error. Doctors may not give correct judgements as they often do, which makes it worth taking the chance. This is not saying that the baby"s life is worth more than the mother"s, (someone"s life being worth more than someone else, is essentially what the opposition is saying when they say that you can kill another human being if your life is at risk) but that in one situation you are killing the baby, and in the other one an individual is passing away in which no one is culpable. It is simply an act of nature. Not only that, but I have found no story of someone being told they will die if they have a baby (if anyone has one post it), but i"m not saying people haven"t died from birthing.