Abortion

1. "Mosquitos have hearts too. Are you intending to be consistent? " -- Opponent Conceded that fetus are alive by comparing them with another live species. Under the constitution of the United States ""Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" Listed as the inalienable rights given to a citizen, or person born inside the United States. By conceding that a fetus is a live human being, opponent has implicently recognized that a fetus has the right to life under the constitution. In response with the consistency remark, the consitution does not grant mosquitos citizenship and thus not the rights under the consititution. In addition to the current topic, I would like to add that in court cases where a pregnant woman was murdered, the killer was charged with two counts of murder one for the mother and one for the fetus. Murder is defined as the killing of another human being. Thus the court system also implicently recognizes that fetus is a live human being with the same rights as a citizen. The Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-212) is a United States law which recognizes a "child in utero" as a legal victim, if he or she is injured or killed during the commission of any of over 60 listed federal crimes of violence. The law defines "child in utero" as "a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb. "[2] The law is codified in two sections of the United States Code: Title 18, Chapter 1 (Crimes), ï¿½ï¿½1841 (18 USC 1841) and Title 10, Chapter 22 (Uniform Code of Military Justice) ï¿½ï¿½919a (Article 119a). As you can see the United States Law agrees that a fetus is a human being and has rights which include life. 2. "Condoms and other birth control methods are imperfect, and the day after pill argument assumes a false premise, because by the time you know an egg has been fertilized, it's already too late. " The pill is over 99.8% effective when taken properly, and the male condom is over 98% effective. Combining these two methods is extremely effective. Most doctors recommend that you wait until the first day of your missed period before taking a home pregnancy test. This is usually around two weeks after conception. However, some tests are more sensitive than others and can be taken earlier. Notice how I said abortions to illegalize abortions after 3 weeks. So even for the lower than 0.2% who get pregnant, abortion is still an option provided they take a pregnancy test when they miss their period. . http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk... 3. "Votes are among the worst ways of deciding things" "Also, polls conflict on the question, especially when you change the wording about. " A. Which is why we use votes in the United States to decide all of our issues? Public Opinion dictates Government Policy in a democracy. [Definitions - for clarity] Democracy - a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them B. This statement is correct, however a majority of polls available on the internet taken by repudidated pollsters showed the same evidence with a +- gap of 4 percent, still effectively proving my argument. . http://www.pollingreport.com... 4. "Fish feel pain too. Yet I still eat them. " "the fact remains that if they are in your womb without permission, they are violating your rights- they are trespassing on your private property. Thus, the other condition on which rights are based (reciprocity) is violated. " "Fetuses, however, are not such an entity- they have not yet developed rationality. Neither, I should note, have some infants- it is not certain when rationality develops, but, evidence points to it being sometime after birth. " A. We do not eat unborn infants and thus fish have absolutely nothing to do in comparison to this argument. B. Additionally, nowhere in the United States is there a death penalty for trespassing, or for violating anyone's rights other than the right to live. C. Also nowhere in the consitution does rationality determine the right to live. If you are taking this stance then you are sentencing plenty of people on alzheimer's, dimensia, and mental health diseases to death.