The use of force to stop Abortion is justified.

Thanks for opening the debate, Pro. I look forward to hearing your further arguments. Before I get into my contentions, I'd like to point out the flaws in my opponents case. Firstly, I'd like to state that Pro has made a huge assertion in stating "Abortion is the taking of an innocent life." He has yet to prove that an unborn fetus is qualified to have human life and therefore has the right of life. My first point will prove why a fetus does not have the fundamental right to life. Pro has taken on the burden to prove different in order for his only argument to stand. 1) Who Does The Right to Life Apply to? The right to life is applied to individuals who have awareness. Simply because something has a beating heart and breathing lungs does not give it life. I take the example of a transplanted heart. It is still beating, human tissue with DNA. However, the donor who gave the heart is not considered alive, depite his organ working within another's body. Why? Because he no longer has awareness and his body part relies on the well-being and life of the receiver of his heart. We can not consider something that relies solely on the life of another as alive. We also can't consider something without awareness as alive. As proof, let's analyze the definition of death. According to the Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, the legal definition of death is as follows: "For legal and medical purposes, the following definition of death has been proposed-the irreversible cessation of all of the following: (1) total cerebral function, usually assessed by EEG as flat-line" So a person's is considered unalive and their right to life is vetoed when the EEG (electroencephalogram) flatlines. Fetuses experience no activity in the EEG. A phemoninon best described by Dr. David James Mellor, "It is apparent that immediately after conception the fertilised ovum has no capacity for sensory perception and conscious awareness. It is equally apparent that almost immediately after birth neurologically mature newborns do possess those capacities, as indicated by their volitional responses to maternal and environmental stimuli." Given this, on legal terms, fetuses are unalive and therefore have no legal right to life. Thus, we cannot consider abortion the killing of a human being. 2) Do we have the right to force someone to do as we please? In short, absolutely not. In order for Pro to fully grasp this, I shall explain why. Unlike her unborn child, a pregnant woman has all the rights that apply to living humans. This includes liberty and safety from harm. First, physical force (seeing as it was left undefined by my opponent) is considered power, violence, or pressure directed against an individual consisting in a physical act. (See source c) It is not, morally or legally, permissible to use violence against another without cause. As I have already disproved Pro's reasons behind using force against a pregnant woman, we can say it is not permissible to use violence in this case. Moreover, even if you continue to consider the unborn fetus as alive (which I am arguing is definitely not), thus giving the assaulter probable cause, the act of using physical force is still not permissible. The reason behind this is because when violence is used against pregnant leads to harm, and even death, to the child. So, if physical force is used you are causing the "innocent human life" harm. There is no probable cause to harm the child. Therefore, physical force is not justified and it is not morally permissible. Secondly, all people have the right of choice. The pregnant woman in this case has the option to do as she pleases with her body, as it is HER body. Human beings have liberty. We cannot force our wishes upon another, even if our morals view the act as wrong. Seeing as what she is doing causes no harm to anyone, she is not legally wrong in her decision to receive an abortion. To remove a cluster of cells from her body is her own choice, and she should be alluded that choice. To conclude, the use of force to prevent abortion is absolutely and evidently not justified. I look forward to hearing back from you :) Sources a) Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 31st Edition, published May 2007. b) Mellor, D.J. and Stafford, K.J. (2004). Veterinary Journal 168, 118-133. c) http://www.duhaime.org...