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P1 - Abortion is the intentional killing of the fetus [up to 24 weeks]I would like to edit this so that the brackets is added since without the added brackets, this would no longer be a discussion on abortion but a specific type of abortion - late term abortion which is not what I am advocating. Other than this, I have no objections to this premise. P2 - A fetus is an innocent human beingMy opponent generalizes the fetus. Let me put his example in the context of an egg: An egg is not fully grown. It will soon hatch and form an animal [1]. With the exception of vegans, members of society consider eggs to be non-living things. Despite the fact that they have very similar attributes that we can assign to the fetus. The fetus will soon ultimately become a baby. The egg will also ultimately form a baby (although not human) [2]. Now let me make a reiteration of the things that separate a fetus from being a human being. I will not cite sources for these as this is a reiteration of my contentions which you can view in the previous round above. The fetus cannot respire on its own. The fetus cannot sense on its own. The fetus cannot reproduce. It is extremely rare for the fetus to excrete and if it does then it will have problems with its development and it cannot independantly take in nutrition. All of these separate the fetus from being human. My opponent states categories that are very exclusive of some of the key points that are used to identify life. I will address each of my opponent's categories regardless. I agree that size, development, environment and level of dependancy are factors in differenciating a fetus from a baby or a human however my opponent then goes on to state that: 'other than these factors, there are no significant differences between the unborn baby and you and me.' As previously described here and in my contentions this is not the case. My opponent seems to think that authority immediately = credibility however this is not the case. Abortion is still a hugely controversial issue and just because you site one scientist saying that abortion is the termination and murder of a human, this does not mean that it is true. You fail to highlight the quotations significance and you, furthermore, fail to show me how these scientists came to the conclusion that abortion is murder. Quoting them saying that aboriton is murder is not sufficient to prove your case to me. A good analogy for the abortion case is the following: "Say we have to sort a set of gray cards into a pile labeled "black" and a pile labeled "white". Assume we are not allowed to place anything in a "gray" pile. We will obviously be presented with some cards that are so light gray that we are all comfortable throwing them into the white pile. Other cards will be so dark that everyone is comfortable throwing them into the black pile. But then there will be the cards that are not quite so dark as to be black, or so light as to be white. Most people will be confused which pile to throw these cards onto. People will have legitimate reasons to call such cards either white or black." [3]We don't know what abortion is at the moment (for a fact). Therefore, you need to do more than just show me somebody saying that abortion is murder. I need scientific proof to be satisfied. I understand the science behind the reproduction process however just telling me that life begins with fertilization and then explaining the science behind it is, again, insufficient because you aren't actually telling me WHY life begins at this stage. Furthermore, only 1.4% of all abortions occur at 21 weeks and above [3]. Meaning that most abortions occur when the baby is an embryo and an embryo is confirmed to be non living [3,4]. Because of this, the rest of my opponent's explanation of P2 fails. P3: The abortion of the human being falls under the US law's definition of murderIt is not murder because my rebuttal of P2 and my contentions prove that the fetus is non-living. It does NOT violate the Due Process clause in the 15th Amendment because the fetus is not alive (and neither is the embryo). It is also NOT child abuse because the fetus has now been identified as non living. P4: Murdering innocent human beings is wrong and forbidden by US and international law. I agree however the fetus and the embryo are not living as my contentions and rebuttals describe and this contention bares no weight due to this. My opponent concludes by restating his contentions again which has no point since I've already responded to all of them above. ConclusionI have responded to all of my opponent's arguments in depth and successfully refuted all of them. My opponent had the oppurtunity to cover a lot of ground on the negative side of the abortion case and they only focussed on the fetus being non-living. This currently gives me the advantage in the debate since I stand on much firmer ground due to my broader analysis of the topic. Thank you for reading. Vote Pro! Sources [1] http://www.bbcgoodfood.com...;[2] https://www.quora.com...;[3] https://www.quora.com...;[4] https://en.wikipedia.org...;