Abortion

Okay, thank you so much for responding. I will try to stray from the technical rules of debate so I won"t appear to be a bully, and will try to answer your questions and refute your arguments in simple terms as to help with clarity. I asked you to clarify the acceptable time to have an abortion, and you partially answered my question. You hinted that the fetus should be aborted earlier, but if it cannot be discovered, and it will affect the safety of the mother, then it is okay to abort. "In my opinion, early abortions are preferable. Usually it would be a good idea to abort the baby in the earlier stages of pregnancy, but if there was a scenario where the mother found out late in her pregnancy, that the baby would be born with severe disorders, late abortions are also acceptable." Refutation: The Fetus is Human As my opponent states right after this, "I would like to specify that even as a few cells, the fetus is human." The opposition here agrees with me. The fetus, even as a few cells, is in fact human. This is really important, as I will prove. 2. If the Fetus is Human, then Abortion is Murder. What is murder? Murder is the intentional killing of one human being by another without self defense. So, if abortion is the termination of a pregnancy, and that pregnancy holds human information, then abortion is murder!!! If I prove that a fetus is human, then there is no acceptable situation to abort. I will now prove this assertion. Proofs: Cause and Effect This principle will shape the rest of my debate. If one does something, then that creates a reaction. And that reaction has either a negative or positive effect. Think about it, how many successful pregnancies result in human life? How many successful pregnancies result in anything else but humans? Think about that for a minute. If I push a button that sets off a nuclear bomb, for whatever reasons I needed to do it, wouldn"t I be responsible for the outcome? It only follows that I am at fault for my actions! Now, if we apply this same model to abortion, we find something very interesting. If 100% of abortions result in the termination of a pregnancy, then that pregnancy is stopped. If the pregnancy is stopped, then the human life is stopped before it can be fully formed. If the human life is stopped, then it only follows that abortion is the termination of human life! If abortion is the termination of human life, then it is murder. If it is murder, then it is unacceptable. It is murder, so it follows that abortion is unlawful. At conception, which is when the sperm enter the egg, the life is started. From day one, all the way to the final day, the fetus is human. The opposition has agreed to this, and she now finds herself in a dilemma. She can either say she didn"t mean it, which would be self contradictory, or she can keep her original statement and agree with me that abortion is murder. Do we need abortion? I want to make an interesting observation, my opponent hasn"t provided any examples, statistics, or evidence that points to the need for abortion! She has only given hypothetical examples which she hasn"t backed up. So, please give me some examples of your hypothetical situations please. Now, if she doesn"t provide any evidence, then she cannot use her hypothetical situations. However,her hypothetical situation of the teen mom does sound probable, so let's assume it is valid. If it is valid, then let's add to the hypothetical demonstration. Let's say the teen who has just become a mom, decides to keep the baby, assuming the baby will not kill her. She has the baby, which yes, will probably will be excruciatingly painful. She has the baby and everything goes fine. The baby lives, and she is temporarily okay. I say temporarily because she probably cannot keep good care of the baby. This is usually accurate. If the teen cannot keep good care of the baby, then guess what, we already have measures set in place to help her. She can offer up her baby for adoption. This great website lays out the advantages of adoption over abortion, namely that the baby is allowed life. http://www.americanadoptions.com... I recommend you read it and decide for yourself whether abortion is better than adoption. But then, we come to the sad part of my argumentation. What if the baby or the mother will be killed? Well, The sad thing is, if the fetus is human, or potentially human, we can"t risk the life of the potential human being. That really isn"t fair. The only difference between the mother and the fetus is that the mother can talk and take care of herself. We should be giving voices to the unborn. I am one of those people. Also, there hasn"t been any evidence suggested that the mother"s life can be at risk, so, technically, there is no support for the opposition's argument. But, let's assume her second hypothetical situation is true. What if the mother or baby was going to die? In order to answer this question, we have to take a step back. I"m sure my opponent has heard of the birds and the bees. What is the cause of the baby? I would assert that most of the time, the conception was intentional. If the conception was intentional, what did the person expect? Did the mother expect the baby to just disappear? Well, most women who are seeking abortions, did want the fetus to disappear. Yet, they still made a choice to have sex. They made a decision that has consequences. As sad as it is, the fetus is human. We can"t just throw them under the bus by saying the mother owns them. That isn"t fair for the Fetus. The fetus is there because the mother chose to put it there, whether intentional or unintentional. It is her fault. I know I am sounding rude and sexist or some other synonym for mean, but I really am speaking the truth. I have supported it with facts, logic, and even with the opposition's statements. There is no denying it, the fetus is human, and any attempt to end its life is murder. There is now way around it, and any form of abortion should be abolished. It is for the former reasons I ask anyone who is reading this to consider carefully who's decision it is to take life. It is a very tricky topic which is in a very literal sense, life or death. Please make the right choice. If you can't handle a baby, take measures to protect yourself from conception. And if you do end up having a unexpected pregnancy, then deal with it! You made a choice, and now you have to pay the price. There is a saying which I am told a lot by my grandpa: If you mess with the bull, you get the horns.