Abortion is Murder.

"Roe V Wade established that no state may deny abortions to their residents, and that regulations can only be made at a state level regaring whether or not they'll allow "Elective" abortions in the 3rd trimester. [2] Meaning, they cannot abolish abortion, but they can decide if they want people to have 3rd term abortions outside of medical health reasons. The list of states that allow 3rd term abortions (without health restrictions) are as followed:AlaskaColoradoHawaiiMississippiNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoOregonVermontWest VirginiaThe above said, I'd like to concede to my opponent the idea that abortions in the 27th week are almost always because of health reasons (whether it be the child's health or the mother's health.) In fact, Dr. Warren Hern, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. (abortion doctor in Boulder, Colorado) specifically states, "Patients coming in for very late abortion - over 26 menstrual weeks' gestation - are almost always seeking services for termination of a desired pregnancy that has developed serious complications." [1] However, that's a completely different claim than, "Third-trimester abortions (after 27 weeks) are only performed in cases of severely deformed fetuses or when the mother's life is in danger," stated by my opponent, which is simply false. Audience members and judges, I'd like to direct your attention at word choice, "almost always." Whether it be 8/10 or 19/20, there is still a presentation of that one abortion (or more) that would meet the criteria of outrageous, therefore murder 2b is to aptly applied to the minority. I never made the claim that is was a majority, just that the ones that happen are outrageous. My opponent has not debated the issue of them being outrageous, he basically concedes. He bypasses it in order to make the false claim that it doesn't exist."My opponent is a clever one, in fact I will take him up on this: Given his contention that it is there and it does happen we both may be right. Given that 10 states allow third trimester abortions, it is safe to say that abortion is outrageous in 20% of America. "The problem with my opponents case is simple, he overlooks the fact that the United States is not the only nation in the world with abortion laws. In fact, his debate doesn't apply to Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Venezuela, Angola, Benin, Central African Rep.Chad, Congo, Dem. Rep. of Congo, Gabon, Guinea- Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mauretania, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Sudan (r), Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Malta, or Vatican City. Abortion is murder in every single one of these places. [3] Where my case gains strength over his, is that no matter where you go an aborted 27 week old is outrageous."My opponents contends that the United States should be concerned with laws of other countries. We should only be concerned with our own laws. Given that we have no control over other countries laws, we should not be concerned about them. Thus, abortion is only an issue for us in our own country.Conclusion:Things we can take from this:1. First and Second Trimester abortion is not murder by every definition.2. Third Trimester abortion is murder by the second and third definitions in 20% percent of America.3. Foreign policies shouldn't concern America in the slightest because we have no control over them.With that being I urge the voters to vote tie because both me and Pro are right.