Abortion Is Not Birth Control.

First of all, just to clarify, I would like to post that actual meaning to a few terms here. MURDER: Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder), and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder). DELIBERATION: Thoughtfulness in decision or action. PREMEDITATION: Law. sufficient forethought to impute deliberation and intent to commit the act. KILLING: To put to death. BIRTH CONTROL: Regulation of the number of children born through the deliberate control or prevention of conception. All of these were found on dictionary.com which was last updated in 2006. As you can see here, the word killing means "to put to death." The word murder means "the killing of another human." They are the same thing which therefore shows that abortion IS murder. Also, birth control means "prevention of conception." If a woman is pregnant, then the baby has already been conceived, therefore, abortion could not be a form of birth control. The doctors who kill convicts are killing them for a specific reason, the ones who kill the babies are killing just for the reason that the mother basically wanted to have fun without the consequences. You also said in your argument that "if they don't want the baby then give it up for adoption." That is practically contradicting what you have said before. About the whole thing that you said about taking the time to make sure you don't screw up other lives, that is what condoms are for. Plain and simple. If the woman does not want to get pregnant, then she should either choose to abstain until she knows she is ready for a child, or to make sure the guy is wearing a condom that has not been tampered with. That is her responsibility, and if she is stupid enough to not use her head, then she should not have the option for abortion. Even though you say it should not be used as an easy way out, it is used for that more than anything. Women should either stay protected if they don't want the baby, or they should HAVE to go through the whole 9 months of pregnancy. Having abortion as an option period tells women "Hey you can have fun all you want, not be the responsible adult you should be, and if you end up pregnant, you just kill the baby." It sounds harsh, but it is true. Knowing that abortion IS an option tells women they can have fun, and then they don't have to live with the consequences of their actions. That is not mature at all. The mature and adult thing to do is either stay protected or abstain. So to conclude my argument, abortion IS the killing of an innocent child that has no say whatsoever of what happens to THEIR body, it cannot be considered a birth control at all, since the woman has already conceived, and abortion should not be an option, because as my opponent has stated in her argument, there are adoption agencies out there that will take the baby, therefore NOT just "casting aside the newborn humans."