that the united states should not value abortion it is wrong and selfish

As a point of clarification, my opponent seems to be the pro in relation to the topic; therefore, I am the con. But they must have been confused when picking sides, so for voting purposes only, I am "pro" and my opponent is "con." I'd like to start with the issue of constitutionality. First, the constitution gives rights to the people. The ninth amendment states, "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." The constitution certainly does not give the government the power to force women to have children. Therefore, the right to have an abortion belongs to the people. However, many pro-life activists call abortion "murder," which is, indeed, quite illegal, as it infringes upon another citizens rights, like living. However, to be "murdered" something must be alive. The right to decide whether a fetus is, in fact, alive belongs to the states. For example, abortion is legal in California because the state's judicial system ruled that a fetus was not alive until a certain stage of pregnancy. The tenth amendment states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people." Not only does this amendment give the states the power to allow abortion if they decide that a fetus is not alive by law, it gives further power to the people. My opponent also decided to throw in a nice little snippet rather unrelated to the debate at hand, saying, "Killing babies is wrong, as well as sex before marriage." Yes, killing babies is wrong, because the said babies are alive. However, in many states, fetuses are not considered to be living; therefore, abortion is not murder. As for the sex before marriage, well, I'd like to see the government try to regulate that. Big Brother anyone? My opponent states that we must consider adoption before abortion; however, they seem to have ignored the constitution, and the fact that adoption is still an available and encouraged process. Abortion is not an argument of morality, it is an argument of legality. Hence the separation of church and state. My opponent has obviously integrated personal emotional bias into their argument. They ask us all to consider what would have happened if our parents had had us aborted. This was not only inflammatory, it was illogical. If our parents had had us aborted, we wouldn't be here and therefore wouldn't care. Besides, this argument is not relevant. It is not based on fact at all, nor are any of my opponents arguments. My opponent also states that it is so hard in life to go on without a dad. Yes, it is. And the majority of women having abortions are single, meaning those fetuses would not have fathers. Apparently, my opponent wants to protect children from living a cold, fatherless existence; there is no other permanent way to protect them from this than abortion. Bottom line- abortion is a matter of the states. My opponent says that the entire country should not value it. The United States government as a whole has no power over matters of the state. Not only are their arguments purely emotional, bias, illogical, and not supported by fact, they are unconstitutional. The constitution, my friends, is something the United States should value.