Abortion Defiles the Unspoken Rights of an Unborn Baby

Firstly, I am referring to abortions that happen primarily because the mother feels there that she cannot raise a child according to certain situations. So no, I am not talking about abortions that take place when the mother is being endangered by the pregnancy. 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. Equality does seem impossible in today's age, that point I agree with. But in a world striving for equality, it seems the idea of equality is one sided. The people who feel at risk for inequality are usually women, gays, lesbians, etc. But in their goal for equality, they sometimes have disregard for others who are at risk for inequality during their feat for equality, such as men, unborn children, heterosexuals, etc. That is what's happening in the pro-life v pro-choice battle. Pro-choicers want freedom and want the equality to make decisions with their body as they please. But what about the equality of the fetus? Does it not deserve an equal right to live as we all have? 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. Yes this is also devastating, but this debate is not about the killing of other species, it's about the killing of our own unborn species. 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. So you're implying that at the time of birth, a newborn child's quality of life is no different than that of a unborn fetus's? 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. I beg to differ. Fetuses as young as 28 weeks after conception have been born prematurely and have survived. (1)Some clinics perform abortions at this stage. (2) 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. The only reason that a woman is guaranteed a certain amount of rights that the fetus is not is why abortion is legal. A fetus has no rights whatsoever but in a matter of months it will have rights. I don't know about you, but that sounds pretty twisted. (1) . http://www.lilaussieprems.com.au... (2) . http://www.southwesternwomens.com...