(plz read carefully, I advocate abortion) To improve abortion laws, Roe v Wade should be repealed.

Yay, someone willing to debate this topic. Some history before Roe v Wade. Before Roe v. Wade, abortion was a simply Federal issue. I think like 27 states had laws against abortion in some form but by no means was abortion in America completely illegal. It was regulated and certain (many) areas banned. Roe V Wade made it so the state/people had no say in whether abortion was legal before 3 months and some say after 3 months and no say after 6 months. Looking at it on a state by state level abortion was illegal in some places so for the rest of the debate I say we focus on the availability of abortion on a state level. 1. Trimesters Trimesters were as you said based off of parts of the medical community. There was in no way shape or form total agreeement on the medical community and how we should divide fetal time but a precedent was there so I'll concede that point. However the medical community can relatively easily change its stance on things (masturbation, circumcision etc.) The Supreme court cannot. Getting an abortion after 6 months is and always will be illegal (unless the mother is in danger). If we eventually define human life as starting later, and there are viable explanations for putting human life starting at birth, or years after birth, then aborting a fetus that is not "human" per se would still be illegal. I advocate flexibility in defining terms in case we get new information later. Trimesters takes a hard stance on the definition of a fetus and (below) defines when human life starts. I find it silly a group of 9 old lawyers decides forever when human life starts, and not a medical panel that can review decisions. And what costs do we get for this inflexible policy? Possible or actual unfair and unjust restrictions on liberty. Six months is not a hell of a long time to decide. Things happen between 6 and 9 months that can change the mind of whether the mother wants to keep the baby (finances, living situation, etc.). Then there is always teh hypothetical of someone who is kidnapped for 6 months, raped, impregnanted and let go. Unless there is some benefit from keeping the rigid standard of trimesters there is at least some minor actual harm done by this current policy. At minimum repeal Roe V Wade and change the law so people that could not have had an abortion before 6 months can have one (unless a 6 month old fetus is considered a human baby). 2. Defining life Here is where the biggest problem lies. When do we consider a fetus to be a human life. Even if the medical community agrees with the Supreme court that it is 6 months, the supreme court is the one making this decision and in the case of new information, the supreme court must repeal its decision. Why not have a medical panel that meets once a year define when human life starts? A medical panel can easily change a decision while the Supreme court cannot. I already explained above the harms form an inflexible system. 3. Definition of Repeal I tried to be careful and not say overturn roe v wade in the title as overturning it would cause abortion rights to go back to the states. A repeal simply means we can change the decision. Dictionary.com has repeal as "to revoke or withdraw formally or officially". I did not mean repeal as being a reversal of anything. If so I apologize for any complications and I am only arguing from my definition. Roe V Wade made abortion rights a federal issue and made abortions available for many that couldn't get one before. Instead of allowing unrestricted abortions for everyone, it defined life and took a hard line approach offering abortion to many but not all. People are still disenfranchised and cannot get an abortion legally. Even if we do consider a fetus to be a human life at 6 months, the supreme court should not be the one deciding this. Repealing Roe V Wade wouldn't neccessarrily take away all abortion rights but it would allow us to give out more rights. It would allow unrestricted abortions after 3 months. I see unfair and unjust restrictions placed on women due to this court case that can easily be fixed w/o any harms (assuming a fetus at 6 months isn't a human life). This is not an all or nothing argument. It is a some or more argument and I think my plan offers more while Roe V. Wade offers only some.