Abortion should be legal.

>>> Women who do abortion face a number of possible complications including... +++ No. I am right. You are exaggerating on your list of harmful effects. The four you mentioned that were correct were excessive bleeding, infection of the uterus or fallopian tubes, damage to the uterus or cervix, and emotional or psychological distress. Emotional distress is an expected effect that is the woman's choice. And a kid, especially an unwanted one will cause a lot more distress, than an abortion. Bleeding is an effect of any surgery. The other two are possible effects that are unfortunate, but rare. And the women are warned of these effects beforehand. http://www.nlm.nih.gov... >>> Breast cancer risk +++ This is tremendously flawed. Please show sources. And a small breast cancer risk is no reason to have a kid, especially if you were raped or would die from the birth. >>> Isn't death a risk for every pregnancy? Are you now saying we shouldn't have children? +++ Some women are known to be prone to death before the birth. Why would these women be forced to die? Are you, morally, going to let a woman kill herself for a bunch of embryos that nobody knows or cares about? No. >>> It is ironic to state that it is immoral to force women to die from a pre-known death for a stranger because a lot of these people do not have families. +++ How dare you! You are really reaching here. Many women get pregnant during marriage and don't want the child because they will die because of it. Some of the Supreme Court justices during Roe vs. Wade solely based their votes off of this. Sure, some teenagers get abortions, which is a great option, but some of those girls will die from the birth and are known in advance of their deaths. Even they should not be killed. To force a woman to kill herself is immoral. >>> She will not necessarily die because she gives birth but the child WILL. +++ YES, SHE WILL! There are women whose bodies can no longer give birth. If they get an abortion they can live. If they don't they will die for the sake of the child who cost the life of a loved one. This baby doesn't deserve to be born without a mother. And the families don't deserve to loose the mother, wife, daughter, and friend. >>> The abortion option. +++ This is unfair. How can you suggest that a woman carry around a baby for 9 months while being sick and miserable? Especially if she was raped. A raped woman is victim enough. Do not punish her more with 9 months of torture only to give up a baby that she cannot take care of. And what about the women who are known to die after birth? Are you going to let them die? You have yet to explain for them. >>> No proof of prostitution argument. +++ My argument is defensive. I don't need to support it if you can't. Argument dropped. >>> What! How do you rationalize this? Prostitution often means cheating on your wife or girlfriend and it spreads diseases! +++ That's a different debate. Prostitution does not hurt anybody. Adultery is the crime. If the prostitute is not spreading disease, it is consentual sex and should not be illegal. Victimless crimes cost a lot of money to enforce for no reason. >>> Prostitutes will get raped. +++ How can somebody who is being paid to have sex be raped by their client? >>> New fetuses are human! No their not. A rock can not feel, think or do much of anything. Much like a fetus. You can destroy a rock legally. Like you can abort a fetus legally. If the thing is not human, don't call it human. Scientists don't claim a fetus to be a human until 26 weeks. If science isn't good enough proof for you...nothing is. >>> Girls who get abortions may commit suicide. +++ It's their decision to get the abortion and they don't commit suicide that often. And girls who are pregnant as teenagers probably have other, bigger problems in their life. You can't say this is related. >>> Why should the child be punished by rape? +++ How dare you! This is an outlandish statement. The child is not being punished. There is no child! Not until 26 weeks when abortions are typically illegal. If a woman is raped she shouldn't have to take care of a kid for the rest of her life from a man she probably doesn't even know. If a teenage girl is raped, she should not have to ruin her life, which is statistically more likely. >>> Women make laws and some are pro-life. +++ I didn't say I was using the sexist argument. You just imposed it on me. But it is legitimate. Because there are women who are wrong. There are people with differing opinions in every demographic. Most women will think abortion bans are unfair. The ones who have read the facts anyway. 1. The government does not, and should not have the right to control a woman's body. >>> Yet isn't the child a "body." The government would be controlling the child's body in this instance. +++ No! Science says the child is not a body or a person for 26 weeks. If a woman is raped she should not be forced to carry around a baby for any amount of time. And the government has no right to tell either way. 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. >>> Back alley abortions are less common. +++ Back alley abortions were less common, but they happened. This often killed the woman and the child? Is this a reasonable solution? No. 3. A child that is unwanted will be neglected. GOD wants mothers to want their babies. >>> this violates God's rule of freewill. A mother cannot be forced to love her child. +++ No. God is not forcing anyone to love the kid. He is giving them the option. It is the exact opposite. God is hoping they will love their babies and is giving them the boost. 4. Neglected children will be the inevitable result. They are a lot more likely to become criminals. >>> Can you prove this? Adopted kids. http://search.yahoo.com... Adopted kids are often neglected as well. More often than not. 5. One brief mistake can take away a woman's childhood and trap her for life. >>> Yes and this would be having sex before marriage. It has nothing to do with the topic. +++ You cannot force the Christian religion on all Americans. It is legal to have sex before marriage and should not be punishable.. And those who are raped have no choice. Some fathers even force their child to have the rape-result baby. 6. Abortion is not murder because it is performed before a fetus has developed into a human person. >>> (website) +++ I used science. 26 weeks. Your turn. 7. Some women are raped. Should they be forced to keep the rapist's baby and take care of it? >>> Approximately only 1% percent of all abortions are attributed to rape and incest. + I don't think this is true. But even one of these cases is horrible and so immoral. 8. Women can die from pregnancy and birth. Should these women be killed? >>> This was a risk for EVERY WOMAN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME! +++ Some women are more prone to die or certain to die from birth. 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. >>> Arguments above should suffice. It's a risk every woman takes. +++ No. It's not. 1. Define "fully developed." +++ Able to feel and think, physically too. 2. Explain why adoption or foster care is wrong. +++ Raped women should not be punished with 9 months of carrying a baby. Some women are certain to die from birth. 3. Is there any other reasons why abortion is right despite the fact you think it should be a woman's choice? +++ Rape, women who will die, teenagers lives, etc. SOME WOMEN ARE CERTAIN TO DIE! ONLY ILLEGAL ABORTIONS KILL WOMEN