Abortion should be legal.

Hello, ChristianDebater. I intend to destroy you in this debate. I'm glad you started it, This is potentially the first formidable debate on abortion I've ever engaged in. Let the destruction begin! First thing's first: the rebuttals! !! >>> "Abortion can be harmful to the woman if it's not conducted properly especially if performed in a third-world country. " +++ It is true that abortion has some harmful effects but the chance of these effects are extremely unlikely. The two most common effects are bleeding and psychological, but these two effects are common with every surgery. +++ Abortion can be used for health benefits. Often, having the baby will kill the mother or the pregnancy can be detremental to the mother's health. Are you willing to let a person die when you know you can save the life in advance? Why would you bring a new life into the world at the known expense of one who has a husband, mother, friends and is probably already a mother. Would you let your mother die in order to have a smaller brother who you don't even know? No. It is immoral for the government or any entity to force a woman to die for the sake of an embryo that does not even have thoughts, feeling and certainly not loved ones. +++ A teenage mother will ruin her life if she has a baby, It will be very difficult for her to keep her grades up and do well in life. Statistically, teenage mothers are not as successful. This is an overwhelming statistic. It is immoral to force a girl to ruin her life like this. >>> "Controversially, crime rates could actually go up. Prostitution is at an all time high, because a woman could easily get an abortion whenever she wanted to. " +++ I do not believe that prostitution is at an all time high. Prostitution was the social norm trough the 1920s. Please show some proof. +++ Prostitution is not a harmful crime. The legalization of prostitution would be more beneficial. +++ There is no relation between abortions and prostitution. Prostitutes will simply demand the use of condoms or use birth control. Your link is non-existant. >>> "The fetus IS A PERSON with a future just like you and me! It is morally wrong to murder a baby in horrific ways and deprive them of that future! " +++ A fetus does not have feelings until 26 weeks. It is impossible for a fetus to think until this time as well. It is not a person. The mother, however, is. >>> "Plus the woman sometimes regrets getting an abortion afterwards. So pro-choice isn't always good. " +++ This is ridiculous. If you are going to argue that it is a woman's consequence and choice for having sex to have a baby, then you must accept that it is a woman's consequence and choice to decide for herself if she wants to deal with a baby or death from having a baby or if she wants to deal with anxiety. >>> You may have a choice to abort the baby but he/she does not. Think about it. You are in prison. You are completely innocent. Everyone knows you are completely innocent yet you are still in prison. Without a court case, you are taken to the executioner and killed on the spot. This is in essence what you are doing to the baby! +++ This is not what is happening to the baby. The baby does not have thoughts or feelings. And think of the poor mother. Are you going to force her to have a baby that could have resulted from rape or could potentially kill her? Is that morality to you? >>> "You say the fetus it not human, yet it has human DNA and is therefore human in nature! Just because a mother has this choice a baby is separate from her as a person. I'm sure if you asked the baby they would want a future! " +++ No. If you asked the EMBRYO it would not say, think or feel anything. The mother would probably say, if asked, that she wants a future, however. >>> Another argument I say is the sexist argument of "Men shouldn't decide what is right for us women. We should! " Men aren't solely deciding the GOVERNMENT is. Last time I checked the government consisted of both men AND women. And yes there are woman who do not agree with abortion! +++ Well, I'm not using the sexist argument. Although it is legitimate. Women are not child bearing receptacles. They are human beings with rights. My points: 1. The government does not, and should not have the right to control a woman's body. The founding fathers included 22 ways the givernment should be restricted. They used the word "not" in context of the government 22 times. They do not want the government controlling our bodies. 2. "Back alley" abortions were very common in times when abortion was legal. These abortions included women sticking hangars into their bodies to kill their fetuses. This will continue if abortion is criminalized. 3. A child that is unwanted will be neglected. GOD wants mothers to want their babies. GOD sticks these soon-to-be people in their bodies for nine months and cause much damage and stress. This causes mothers to love their babies so much more. He also makes them half of us. If you do not love your baby, God does not want you to have it. 4. Neglected children will be the inevitable result. They are a lot more likely to become criminals. 5. One brief mistake can take away a woman's childhood and trap her for life. 6. Abortion is not murder because it is performed before a fetus has developed into a human person. 7. Some women are raped. Should they be forced to keep the rapist's baby and take care of it? 8. Women can die from pregnancy and birth. Should these women be killed? Should their child's due date be a countdown for days left to live? What about their friends and families? 9. Abortion bans have been ruled unconstitutional because they are detremental to women's health. We have the right to life. The government cannot force a woman to have herself killed.