Abortion Should Get the Same Penalty As First Degree Murder

My case1. Premeditation/conviction ratesCon misunderstands the argument. To affirm the resolution, every abortion must be treated the exact same and tried as first degree murder, as specified in the opening round. The reason that this is impossible is due to the fact that the abortion is *not* premeditated murder. In order to be premeditated there has to be a preponderence on the act, and many of these women simply cannot and will not recognize the fetus as a human. In some cases, it has been driven into their heads over and over again that these fetuses are not human, and as such do not meet the qualifications for first degree murder. Pro also argues that " If a voice in a woman's head says "get an abortion or else..." then that's different", but it isn't. Nowhere in the resolution or specfications are exceptions allowed, and as such you negate right here. Pro essentially conceded. Moreover pro-abortion sentiment is still high in this country, in many cases the juries will refuse to convict if the only available sentences are death or life imprisonment as with first degree murder. Con argues about short changing justice, but executing women who get abortions is a great way to shortchange justice, even under the Pro-life worldview.2. WillfullnessCon argues against the health reasons by stating that self defense is legal, and this falls under that. First of all, no. The inherent absurdity of the Pro-life position is it's presumption that other people best know what ought to be done with anothers body despite not knowing their personal situtation. The fact of the matter is that the resolution doesnt allow for exeptions, and since we cannot know for sure which abortions were committed willfully, we cant try to convict them on first degree murder charges as they dont always meet the criteria. Homicide in the status quo is clear-cut, abortion is fuzzy. There are different degrees of murder and, even to a pro-lifer, abortion is not at the same moral status as first degree murder.3. Cost Pro makes no response to the cost point other than its "short-changing justice". Unfortunately for Pro, the costs of trying every woman getting an abortion for first degree murder would literally bankrupt the country and short change all justice. It's better to have some justice than none. Lets do some math. There are an estimated 1.3 million abortions in the US every year[1]. Lets cut that down to 500,000 to compensate for people not getting caught and jury nullification. The costs to house each criminal per year average about 22,000[2]. Lets assume most of these women have 50 years on average to live still, 22,000x50=1.1 million for each individual. 1.1 million x 500,000 means the total cost to house women convicted of abortion each year would be 550,000,000,000. Over half a trillion over all for persons convicted each year. This is not even counting trial costs, which can be upwards of several million in capital cases[3]. This would literally bankrupt the country and the justice system allowing for no justice to occur. Thus you negate.Sources:1. http://www.str.org...2. http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov...3. http://www.foxnews.com...