Abortion

My opponent is confusing things here. We can see that if abortion is made illegal then these murders will occur. In the status quo, these things do not happen. My opponent goes on the right to life. This is vague. Right to life can be made from everything to making like in NAZI Germany where you got rewarded the more children you had. If you have the "Right to Life" then people should max out the number of children they can have. This way they meet this standard. This argument is completely bogus since my opponent has not made a single argument about what constitutes as "Alive" or even if the fetus is alive and living. He simply provided a link from a Pro-Life website that states "it's proof." This isn't even an argument that was made. I could do the same by claiming that the holicost never happened by siting a Neo-NAZI website (note that I don't think that way). My opponent wants to ask what would happened if we were aborted. The answer? Nothing. It wouldn't matter since we simply would not exist and the world wouldn't be much of a different place that it is now. My opponent disregards all of my arguments on the legality of abortion, but then moves around to say that it's illegal for murder. Murder is illegal, but we must define murder first. Murder- the killing of a human being by a sane person, with intent, malice aforethought (prior intention to kill the particular victim or anyone who gets in the way) and with no legal excuse or authority... Death of an unborn child who is "quick" (fetus is moving) can be murder, provided there was premeditation, malice and no legal authority. Thus, abortion is not murder under the law. [1]We can see in the very legal definition of murder that it must be by a sane person of another. One could argue that the fetus is not indeed sane. It is even stated that abortion is NOT murder under law. Legal authority, in the second portion, comes from the Federal/State government which the mother can have it performed. By US law, abortion, is NOT murder. The evaluation of life, as defined by Biologists, is done by locating Signs or Characteristics all life possess. While no full list is accepted on a universal scale, at least twelve characteristics are generally used in Biology, often in lists of five or seven. They are as followed [2]: Organization: Defined as composing of cells.Genes: To consist of DNA and RNA.Adaption: Changing to match the environment around it.Homeostasis: Maintaining a consistent internal environment.Metabolism: Sometimes called Thermodynamics, it’s the transformation and use of energy.Response: To react to stimuli or to the environment around it.Reproduction: To be able reproduce or bear children.Growth: To grow in size, usually referred to as Cell Growth.Excretion: Removing wasted from the organism’s body.Respiration: The intake of gases needed to live.Feeding: The consumption of resources to live.Movement: The ability to move that even plants have. The Fetus must meet these standards to show that the fetus is indeed alive. If not then the fetus is not alive.My opponent drops my arguments here that show that the US, by legalizing abortion, has a reduced amount of crime, child abuse, domestic violence, and murder in the US. All of these things are important since no child should have to be born to live in a family surrounded by child abuse and cause massive burden on a family that could lead to more crime as I have showned in my last round. I extended these arguments across. Sources1. (http://dictionary.law.com...) 2. (www.biologyjunction.com/chapteroutlines_final.doc)