Abortion

Hello Sir...Thank you for accepting the debate in peace, I am looking forward to this First off I would like to say that just because I am against it because of my religion, does not mean I can not argue for it. I should not be discounted for believing something. Like I said, I am on a debate team, and I would like to get practice with arguments I either don't agree with, or have never practice. Just wanted to clear that, so without further a do, here are my rebuttals R2 ARG 1 REB "My opponent has brought up a common argument that appears a lot from the pro-choice side, which is that those who have been victims of rape should be able to get abortions. Before I counter this, let's create an imaginary situation in which we have a woman that has been raped and is looking to get an abortion. First and foremost, the rapist should be hunted down and killed. What happened to this woman was a terrible act of lust and inhumanity. However, to me, the fact that this woman conceived against her will does not justify ending another human life. Those who commit terrible crimes, such as killing people, should be killed. Babies, who are innocent and have not killed anybody, should not be killed. My extreme sympathies would be with this woman as she struggles to recover from what happened to her. She would indeed face troubles from society. Yet, why can't we have some sympathy for the child? It seems as though my opponent is giving all of the sympathy to the woman. This child is facing the risk of being killed, while he had no choice in the matter." The rapists are hunted down and sentenced to a harsh punishments already and some are even killed as well. Therefore the status quo already solves that matter. A women having to support a child with no income and no job would be even worse because 44% of rape victims are children. When the parents find out they're pregnant, they're not going to support another child. It is the best interest that parents have an abortion. If abortions are illegal, rape victims are 33% likely to have suicidal thoughts and 17% carry on and do it. This is a staggering number. Since 44% of raped teens are under, they are considered children. So suicide is taking a child's life, one who is equally as innocent as a baby. In fact some can argue even more innocent because of the way she was abused SOURCE: http://www.suicide.org... R2 ARG 2 REB "My opponent's next argument moves to the baby itself, and whether or not he believes it should be classified as a human upon conception. My argument is that a human life begins at conception (when sperm meets egg). Whether or not an embryo is developed into a baby, it is still a human being in the making. If my opponent disagrees with this, I would like him to tell me when that developing bundle of cells becomes a human being." Scientist can not define when a human life starts because there are so many questions to be asked. The embryo can not think or do things that have human traits, but it is a start. There is no clear definition on this, only sources that are biased provide a clear definition but biased arguments and sources do not help this debate. For this, we need to use or best interpretation, not religious interpretation, which is when the baby comes out of that region of the female body parts. This is because it has its first breath of human air and it can have a cognitive mind, while if it is in it's early stages, it does not have those abilities. ANSWER TO QUESTION: Around the fifth week of pregnancy do tissues actually become forming to a human life, abortion gets rid of embryo around week 2-3 of pregnancy. SOURCE: https://www.wired.com... SOURCE: R2 ARG3 REB "I don't care about what the rest of the population thinks about abortion, that's beside what we are debating here. People can protest and do whatever else they see fit, that doesn't change the fact that abortion is still killing babies." Yes you the person I am versing may not care, but the president of the U.S.A will care. 57% of people are in favor of legalizing abortion. If Trump votes no, he favors the minority, which would cause his Political Capital to go down, and like I said, he would not be able to get anything done. I bring that up in R1 which was missing in his ROUND 2. You can answer my claim and say that you yourself don't care. Therefore since that argument is dropped, take that into consideration judges. Also what people do fit supports my argument because if they don't want an abortion, they don't have one, while if they do, they do. Too much federal control will lead to tensions between people. That claim you state supports my point that people can choose. There is also no reasonable evidence saying government voice doesn't matter in abortion. SOURCE:http://www.pewforum.org... R2 ARG 4 "If a woman doesn't want a baby, or is unsure if she will want one in the future, she shouldn't have had sex in the first place. They made that decision and they need to deal with the results of that choice. Killing babies is not the way to solve her problems from making that sexual decision. End of story." I would like to link that to my first argument I make with rape but take it extended. It is up to women to decide what they want to keep the child if they are raped. Some even choose to keep it, just because. they are required to by religious reasons. The country should be accepting to all peoples, not just favoring a certain religion. Let that religious leaders decide these rules, not the federal government. CONCLUDING THOUGHT My opponent had a very weak response in Arg 3, dropping some arguments I made in that R1 claim only tieing back to his beliefs. We should not say, I don't care about other people, because they get to decide. There is also no reasonable evidence saying government voice doesn't matter in abortion. Giver Arg 3 to PRO SIDE SIDE NOTE: If I did come off harsh or kind of rude, I am sorry. This is just the style I debate, full front attack on the claims. I lose lots of speaker points in real life for this. You did a great job rebuttaling my arguments. I cant wait to hear your response Regards, SupaDudz(PRO)