Abortion is morally permissible, even if the pregnancy would pose no threat to the mother's life.

I am going to jump straight into this seeing as how I was challenged. So I will use the first round to get straight to the point.We are debating "Abortion is morally permissible, even if the pregnancy would pose no threat to the mother's life."So we can conclude that if abortion is morally acceptable in any other means than one that would threaten a mothers life, my adversaries claim is incorrect. He is claiming that abortion is only morally acceptable in circumstances where it could take a mothers lifeSo let us look at his argument. (1) He makes a long list of reasons and gives examples of each as to why they are not morally acceptable or have alternatives. This is irrelevant. For him to argue from this perspective, he must offer a valid reason to every possible circumstance that could warrant an abortion. This is psychically impossible to do. He would have to list millions of reasons because different people want abortions for different reasons and each scenario is different. So making a long list of reasons and why he considers them to be immoral is not proving a point. He is just demonstrating why he thinks they are wrong. He then says out of all of the other possible reasons, the only one that is permissible is that if it could possibly save a woman's life. Thus his opening contention is invalid. For him to meet his BOP he must show that abortion in "every", circumstance other than one that could threaten a mothers life is immoral. Now I will offer some contentions, and I am limited to a small character restraint so I will have to be short. Contention 1 : How do we gauge morality. For him to say that abortion is morally wrong in every circumstance other than one that could take a mothers life, he must then find a way to gauge what is moral. To even hold to this claim, he would have to define what can we gauge morality by. Example A : A woman needs an abortion because she is not ready to have the child and it could mess up her chances of college and any type of future. She doesn't want to go through the emotional pain of having the child and giving it away so she opts an abortionBy my logic this is morally acceptable, by his it is not. What makes one of us right and the other wrong. For this assertion to be correct he would have to define what is objective morality and how can we gauge it. Morality is directly dependent on the situation, and what is moral to one person may not be moral to another. Example B : Sleeping with your girlfriend before marriage is acceptableAgain by my logic I think this is acceptable, and by others logic it is not. Again i reemphasize the point, for this statement to be true and abortion to be wrong in all circumstances other than ones that are life threatening, he must show how it is possible to gauge morality. With some of the examples he gave I consider them to be morally acceptable, thus his argument saying it is immoral is invalid because I have shown that in some peoples eyes it is acceptable. This counters his initial stance. Contention 2 : RapeIf any reason other than one that could take a mothers life is a valid reason, this is one. He claims "Will having an abortion un-rape her? Will it punish the person responsible? Is it in any way the fault of the child? The answer is no."This argument got me so frustrated I wanted to slap myself in the face in the hopes it would go away. In some states the person that rapes the woman can then petition for visitation rights. This is not considering whether the woman is at a stage where she is ready for a Child, or even if her or her spouse want a Child. Not to mention the emotional distress she would have to go through. Contention 3 : Is a fetus a lifeThis is debatable and varies by states. If i was not restricted to around 4k words, I would go more in depth. In short there is no way to say that a fetus is in fact a life. Different studies produce different evidence and support the cause in which they support. Meaning pro lifers will present tests and studies that show it is a life, pro choice supporters will show evidence that it is not a life. There is evidence for each and both sides are strong. In closing For Pro to meet his BOP, he must show that abortion in every other circumstance other than one that is life threatening is morally wrong. This is an impossible task, because he is only applying his own worldview and using that to define morality. Also he would have to account for every situation other than one that is life threatening. We can conclude he will not and has not met his BOP. PS: While I was looking up some sources to support my view point of whether or not a fetus is a life for the future rounds, I found this picture and it made me giggle. Some people will laugh at it and some will hate it, but I think it highlights a lot of peoples thought processes and demonstrates a common line of thought. I loled alot http://www.prochoiceactionnetwork-canada.org...