Abortion should in most cases be illegal

First I would like to point out that the majority of my arguments have gone unchallenged (see rule #3) So I have little to do in regard to the defense of my case. My opponent argues that abortion should remain legal due to the fact that people may turn to illegal abortions in order to eliminate their unborn child. As my opponent dropped my first argument that proved scientifically that the fetus is human, and she also dropped the argument where I stated that the child is in fact a person. therefore as a person, the fetus must be afforded the same rights as a child would be granted by society after birth. This would include the right to live. We cannot as a moral society condone the killing of a person simply because we don't want to face the challenge of keeping people from killing their unborn children themselves. There may very well be a simple way to reduce the risk of people performing do-it-yourself abortions. That would be making it very very illegal. Make the penalty for taking your child's life so equal to that of killing your neighbor. As long as the benefit outweighs the risk, people will still be drawn to the procedure. What's better? spending nine months carrying the child you helped create, or spending the rest of your months in jail? Because if abortion is made illegal, it is homicide (see my contention three.) and should be treated as such. My opponent also makes the point that women may inflict self harm if she is denied abortion. Seeing as this was along with a mortality rate statistic I'm assuming that stat is referring to suicide. If you refer back to my original posting, I stated that I am in favor of the illegality of abortion except for when it endangers the life of the mother. That includes when they are legitimately suicidal. Furthermore, in order to weed out people who may fake being suicidal so they can get away with killing their children, we should first take steps to treat them for major depressive disorder and other mental illnesses that can cause suicidality before we resort to an abortion. Next I will be moving on to my opponents point that making abortions illegal does not affect the termination rates. I read the article my opponent provided, and once again they refer to illegal abortions. I've already addressed how we may be able to cut back on illegal abortions but I'll reiterate. We need to make the penalty for illegal abortions so severe that very few people will look at that option and think "this seems like it would be worth it" we need to make it a far better option just to go through the pregnancy and get it over with than to terminate the pregnancy yourself. That way even if the risk of harming yourself during the operation isn't enough to dissuade you, you're also running the risk of being prosecuted for homicide. My opponent also states that we should favor the mother over the child because the mother can feel the pain of an illegal abortion. However, it is a scientific fact that the human fetus can often experience pain at the time of an abortion, which as you can imagine would be extremely painful. you know, having your spine crushed, your skull crushed, having your limbs dismembered then sucked out through a tube in little bloody baby chunks.(1) I believe that these arguments encompass everything my opponent had to say. (1) Dr. John Spencer