The Legality of Abortions

I would also like to mention that English is my 2nd language so my grammar might not always be perfect but I will try my best to make sure that it is correct. 1. So are you killing a child? So the obvious reason why most people are usually against the legality of abortions is because they are arguing that it's like killing a child. But can a fetus in the stage an abortion is done really be considered a child? In my opinion, no it cannot. A fetus in the stage an abortion is usually done is not able to feel nor think at all. While it is technically alive it essentially lacks what makes us human. It's not conscious, it cannot feel, it's essentially just a shell of it's future self. You could argue that you're murdering a child, but how can it be when murder when it's not even aware that it's alive in the first place? With that it cannot really be equated to a baby. A baby is conscious and able to feel things. A fetus does not have these things in the stage an abortion is done. A fetus is able to develop the things a fully grown human does later, but that's the key word "later" as in not currently. In the state an abortion is done (excuse the harsh wording) it is essentially close to a mindless parasite feeding of the mother. This changes further into the pregnancy as the fetus starts to develop many of the features a born human has, but that's the reason that those places which have legalized it have a limit on how far into the pregnancy an abortion can be done. 2. But it's still alive and each fetus is "unique" so it shouldn't be allowed. Now I've heard many say that even if what I said in 1st argument may be true, abortions should still not be allowed since life should be preserved at all costs, since even if the fetus lacks many of those things an actual born human has it is still alive and "unique" in a sense as it still has it's own dna code. I don't really see how this could be made into an argument though, a bug or a plant is in a sense also "unique" and even more advanced than the fetus is in that stage in some ways, yet I don't think most people would hesitate about disposing of these things, if they inconvenienced them. 3. The woman's right to decide. And logically shouldn't the woman carrying the fetus get the first say? After all she has all these things a fetus lacks and this is a decision that will most likely affect the rest of her life, having to carry a fetus inside of her for 9 months affects you in many ways, and is not something everybody is ready for. You may still argue that they made the conscious decision to become pregnant, but that's the thing not everyone does, they may have been raped or forced into it, and even though the chance is small things like condoms and birth control pills are still able to fail. Should these people be punished just because of that? 4. Emotional damage may be caused to the child. And even then isn't it better that they get an abortion while the fetus is still not conscious or able to feel or is even aware that it's alive meaning essentially it has nothing lose, instead of developing the ability to do these things later and being brought into a world where it is not wanted or loved by it's parents and may very well be forced to grow up without them in an orphanage. We have a duty to make sure, that as many children as possible brought into this world are able to grow up having parents who love them. 5. Just because it's illegal, doesn't mean people would stop having them. Lastly, even if we did make it illegal to have abortions, that wouldn't stop all people from having them, instead a lot would most likely have them done illegally, risking both the mothers and the fetuses health. This is my opening argument, if my opponent requires sources for anything I have stated here, I will provide it.