Abortion Should Be Illegal

I didn"t need sources to back up this claim, As it wasn"t really a claim, Just an observation of your reasoning: a non sequitur is a conclusion/statement that doesn"t logically follow the previously concluded/stated point. Equating the fact that it is of humanity with having personhood is an easily identifiable example of this logical fallacy. Also, I already concurred that the fetus was indeed a living thing, And of course, In order to be a living thing, It must be an individual form of life. I would still argue however, That it is a part of a woman"s body. In order to address this however, One cannot simply look to biology. Biology is perfectly legitimate field of science of course, But the main questions within the abortion debate surround the relationship between a mother and the fetus, Which is more properly addressed in metaphysics and philosophy than biology. The main questions being "Is the fetus a totally independent human being, With the mother serving as a vessel? ", "Is the fetus a living part of a pregnant woman"s body? " According to the part-whole model, Or the parthood model (it is difficult to give a specific name to it, As the line of reasoning it entails is used by many people under different labels, However the previously mentioned are the two names I"ve heard it by), The fetus is a biological, Living component of a pregnant woman"s body, But cannot be acknowledged as an individual until it is fully developed and born. This line of thinking is further supported by the fact that the fetus cannot support itself when taken out of the woman"s body. It is true that a fully developed child will still be heavily reliant on the parent, But a fully developed, Healthy child does not require the conditions of the womb to continue surviving. Also, While all biologists do concede that human life does begin at conception, That does not necessarily mean that form of life deserves legal consideration. As for your response to my second point, I specifically said that the subjectiveness of this matter is specific to this scenario. Applying it to another does not address the argument. What makes a person a person may be subjective, But regardless of that Trump displays all the attributes one would expect a person to have, While a fetus may not: does it have an opinion on anything? Does it express itself? Does it have set of beliefs? Does it even look like a human being? And you are not arguing that the law should recognize the fetus as a person, But rather an American citizen, Because you demand that Constitutionally endowed rights are extended to it. But how exactly would you go about this, Legally? What changes would you make to the standards of citizenship in order to include fetuses? To add further complications, There is also the anchor baby law: foreigners who birth children here are afforded citizenship, As well as their child. Does that child get citizenship too as a fetus even if its parents aren"t American? Would the child have to go through legal processes to get his/her citizenship changed once he/she is born? If fetuses being aborted is truly so immoral, Would you personally tolerate only American-born fetuses getting this protection? Also, Framing abortion as a way for women to simply shirk parenthood is very dishonest. Whether or not to get an abortion is never an easy decision. Many women get abortions because of medical issues or because they simply cannot afford to take care of the child. Despite common belief, Illegalizing abortions does not decrease abortion, Because of abundance of drugs available that can be used for abortion. Illegalizing all of them won"t work either: The World Health Organization lists misoprostol as an essential medicine for treating miscarriages. Instead, Why don"t you directly address the reasons why women usually get abortions? Advocate for the government to invest in welfare, Education, Healthcare or public resources to provide for expectant mothers who won"t otherwise be able to take care of the child. This would greatly reduce the necessity for abortions and would much better address the issue if you have moral reservations about it.