abortion

I. RebuttalsMy opponent brought up the point that specialists should be involved in guiding the decision, but the final say should be left up to the parents. My question being why? To what basis is it determined that parents would be better equipped to handle the decision to end/prevent a life? Specialists, as I mentioned before are very well informed, and have a better objective stance as to whether the abortion needs to be performed. If it doesn't, then the doctor should be able to refuse the mother the ability to prevent a perfectly capable organism from being brought into the world.II. Refutations" the us supreme court has declared abortion to be a fundemential right"This isn't a pro to abortion, it is the way things are. We are debating as to whether or not this should be the case." reproductive choice empowers women by giving them control over their own body"What? Giving women the power to destroy a fetus is a good method to equalizing their rights with men? This is a digression, but the aim is to give women equal rights to men, not to give them more of certain rights and men having other rights."personhood begins after a fetus becomes "viable" (able to survive outside the womb) or after birth, not a conception"Is there any reason this arbitrary time period in fetal development is any more correct than personhood beginning at conception? Not really. Therefore this abstract definition holds no more ground than the latter. " Fetuses are incapable of feeling pain when abortions are performed"This is not a Pro to abortion, if anything this is neutral. According this Pro's logic, lethal injection is good because it doesn't hurt the victim. " access to legal, professionally performed abortions reduces smaternal injury and death caused by unsafe, illegal abortions"I'm not denying that women should have access to abortions, I'm arguing that they shouldn't be the one's deciding to terminate the life. If the mom feels it necessary to act against the word of a phyiscian, that the fault of her." women who are denied abortions are more likely to become unemployed, to be on public welfare, to be below the poverty line, and to become victims of domestic violence"" reproductive choice protects women from financial disadvantage 42% of women having abortions are below the federal poverty level. In a study in 2005 they asked d women why they had abortion, 73% said they couldn't afford it. 38%t said it would interfere with their education"They were probably more likely to be unemployed because they were below the federal poverty level. You can't attribute the unemployment to a lack of abortion only due to arbitrary correlation, especially when the parents were already suffering financially. Not only that, but food stamps and adoption are always options. I'm sure you could ask any foster child as to whether they would rather be there or never have lived at all and get the former answer. " a baby should not come into the world unwanted"Same as above, foster care. Parents shouldn't get to decide whether they "want" another human to be born onto this earth. " abortion reduces crime"Correlation does not equal causation. Especially 18 years after the event happened. "abortion is justified as means of population control"Justified is a subjective term. Lethal inection is also an effective "justifiable" means of population control. III. ClosingPro's points didn't stand to help his case much, most could be dealt with in similar ways.Pro has failed to actually refute my opening construct; the only argument he provided was that mom's and dad's should choose, with no supporting evidence. On to round 3!