Abortions should be illegal

"A member of the species homo sapiens. Let me ask you, is one cell a person? Two cells? When does a person become a person? To say that a person is a person as soon as they are conceived is nonsensical, because you are arguing that a single cell is a person. By this argument, birth control should also be illegal. Therefore, there is no logical moral argument against abortion (Of course, late abortion is a completely different story, but that's already illegal unless the mother is in danger.)" Lmao! Come on dude. Please tell me you're joking. Your whole definition of the word homo-sapien is COMPLETELY incorrect. Homo-sapien doesn't mean single cell....homo-sapien means Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens. Homosapien is a combination of two Latin words "homo" meaning "man" and "sapien" meaning "being" and not "knowledge" as some people believe the case to be. So basically it's the scientific term for human....not single cell. The fetus maybe a serial killer, or it could be a gold medalist at the Olympics, or it could be the next Steve Jobs or find the cure for cancer, or an average everyday person. At least let the baby experience life, make friends, go to school, play sports....taking away the child's opportunity to experience life is just cruel. A little Worse than being serial killer if you think about it. At least give it that chance to become something great, or experience life. Oh, boy. "Overpopulation", and no...14 billion is not nearly enough to overpopulate the earth. I tend to think that this whole overpopulation nonsense is a huge myth. I'm kind of tired and don't really want to explain why since I'm a little tired, and it's a bit off topic, but I'll do it anyways. Most people seem to believe in overpopulation because "Food... there isn"t enough!..." Well actually since the time of Thomas Malthus, who lived in the early 1800s, doomsayers have gloomily predicted that mankind would outbreed its food supply, resulting in catastrophic famines. Yet the world currently produces enough food to feed 10 billion people, and there are only 7 billion of us. That is, with 7 billion human minds at work, we produce enough food for 10 billion human bodies. You'll probably say something like "But there are still hungry people in the world!" Yeah, hunger remains a problem in some parts of the world, but it is not caused by the number of people. Commenting on the recent Somali famine, Oxfam, an international humanitarian organization, stated, "Famines are not natural phenomena, they are catastrophic political failures." "You'll probably think humans now eat higher up the food chain that we used to. We can"t keep that up and still have enough for everyone!" Sure, people in the developed nations eat more meat, which require much more energy input per calorie eaten than if we ate grains and plant proteins. But that doesn"t mean that we will run out of food. We are eating higher energy foods because they are relatively cheaper than they used to be"and prices don"t fall when goods are scarce. The falling price of high energy foods indicates that they are becoming more plentiful, not less so. According to the World Education Service, "world agriculture produces 17% more calories per person today than it did 30 years ago...This is enough to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,720 kilocalories (kcal) per person per day..... Alot of people tend to believe in overpopulation because they think that "We are running out of water!" The earth is awash in water. Oceans cover 70 percent of the planet"s surface to an average depth of 6,000 feet. That"s why the earth looks blue from space. You cannot use up or destroy water... you can only change its state (from liquid to solid or gas) or contaminate it so that it is undrinkable. I know what you're thinking. "There is not enough fresh water for everyone!" Actually...There is..... Since 1900, freshwater withdrawals (i.e. production of usable water) have increased much faster than the human population has increased. Freshwater withdrawals have increased seven-fold since 1900 while the world population has increased only four-fold. This suggests our ability to access usable water increases faster than population growth. Now, one of the other main reasons people think we're overpopulated is because, "we"re growing exponentially!" Um,...No. We"re not. We are growing, but definitely not at an exponential rate. In fact, our rates of growth are declining. Between 1950 and 2000, the world population grew at a rate of 1.76%. Between 2000 and 2050, it is expected to grow by 0.77 percent. So yes, because 0.77 is greater than zero, it is a positive growth rate, and the world population will continue to grow. Most of this growth will come from developing countries"their life expectancies are expected to shoot up in the next 50 years, contributing to their population growth. Africa"s growth is not something to worry about. Europe"s decline, however, is something to worry about. A UN report titled "World Population to 2300" paints a picture of Europe"s future if European fertility rates don"t rise above current levels: "The European Union, which has recently expanded to encompass 452-455 million people (according to 2000-2005 figures) would fall by 2300 to only 59 million. About half the countries of Europe would lose 95 per cent or more of their population, and such countries as the Russian Federation and Italy would have only 1 per cent of their population left." In other words, the French, German, Italians and British will virtually cease to exist. Also. Here are a few sites that support the overpopulation myth. http://www.economist.com... ^^^^^^ that one's interesting. It says that If we wanted to squeeze close, everyone in the world could stand shoulder-to-shoulder on the island of Zanzibar. http://www.un.org... https://www.cia.gov... http://www.unfpa.org... http://www.bbc.co.uk... Here are all my references http://www.economist.com... http://www.bbc.co.uk... https://www.cia.gov... https://www.scientificamerican.com... http://www.unfpa.org... http://www.un.org... http://www.worldhunger.org... So yeah. I think using "overpopulation" in support of abortion is a huge copout/excuse. The world isn't overpopulated.