Abortion Defiles the Unspoken Rights of an Unborn Baby

I will argue the opposition. Definitions pro-choice: emphasis on the right of women to choose to bring a fetus or embryo into term(1)(2) pro-life: emphasizing the right of the fetus or embryo to be born(3)(4) rights: "the fundamental normative rules of what is allowed of people, or owed of people in a legal system, social convention, or ethical theory" (5)(6) abortion rights: support for the right of women to access medically induced abortion(7) anti-abortion: opposition to medically induced abortion(8)(9) equality: state of being equal in status, rights, and opportunities(10) voluntary abortion: an induced abortion performed for purposes unrelated to medical reasons, like maternal health or fetal distress, that is normally performed before the fetus is able to survive outside of the womb.(11) I will assume for now that my opponent is talking about voluntary abortions. There are abortions that happen for medical reasons because of the baby endangering the mother and other problems that can occur during pregnancy. If my opponent would like to argue against all types abortions, please state so. No person can ever have the some opportunities that others will get in their lifetime because of different circumstances of something happening. Equality, it goes against observation. People are inherently unequal. To do our best to make everything close to equal would be nice, but we ourselves are imperfect. The idea is nice, perhaps something to strive for, but unfeasible when we are realistic. In terms of rights, children are guaranteed in certain countries rights, but little are they given in way of autonomy. They are not often given the full list of rights until they meet a certain age criteria. This does not mean that fetuses get the same set of rights as children. They are still inside the mother, and they are ultimately under her influence. Why should the fetus be guaranteed the same rights as children when they are not children? It's claimed that abortion is murder, but we continuously kill other species without a second thought. We tend, as a species, to put ourselves above the other species around us, when they can be just as important to the ecosystem, or devastating, something we may not even realize. My opponent gets to the point very quickly of when an embryo/fetus becomes a person. This is a wide topic of debate that brings many fields of interest into play. For example, we can take the example of the fact that a baby has hardly even developed mentally as well as physically upon exiting the womb. Even though it's come a long way, it has 1-2 more decades until it will be released from it's parents home. This fetus does not have any sort of personality as of now, and still has many years until a fully fledged personality is developed. Are fetuses persons? In a sense, they could be considered non-persons, as they have not developed a full personality, and cannot exist outside of the womb. Even young babies could be cut out of the definition of persons(depending on how you define it, and there are numerous ways (12)). For some the definition of person hood is that of when you become self-aware. The definition of person hood is rather ambiguous and different people see it in different ways, which makes this issue more difficult to determine. Overall, it is my belief that the right of the woman stands over that of the fetus. The mother is already autonomous, for the most part, and is guaranteed a certain amount of rights that the fetus is not. If it is her decision to not have a baby, then she should be allowed to exercise his right. Thank you for participation in this debate, it is really appreciated. (1)http://www.thefreedictionary.com... (2)http://en.wikipedia.org... (3)http://en.wikipedia.org... (4)http://www.thefreedictionary.com... (5)http://plato.stanford.edu... (6)http://en.wikipedia.org... (7)http://www.thefreedictionary.com... (8)http://www.merriam-webster.com... (9)http://www.thefreedictionary.com... (10)http://en.wikipedia.org... (11)http://www.encyclo.co.uk... (12)http://en.wikipedia.org...