Resolved: Abortion, the removing of a fetus (3 months or earlier), should be banned in the U.S.

First I would like to state that anything I say does not express who I am in real life. Contention 1. A fetus is not a human being and should not be treated as such A human being should first and foremost be considered one for their brain. A human being must be sentient and have the capability to go beyond instinct. As the Abdullah Ali Zaeed, psc, MA, MDS, MBA states that the difference between human beings and any other life form is our ability to reflect. Thus, because a fetus does not have the same ability to self-reflect it should not be treated as a human being and we should not value it as a life. Contention 2. Forcing someone to have an abortion is violating their own free will. Forcing a woman to abide by a law made by other people is a direct violation of her own free will. As Peter Vallentyne, a Philosophy teacher from the University Missouri states that in order to be ethical a system must recognize self-ownership. Vallentyne states "If the rest of world is owned by others, then anything one does without their consent violates their property rights, and, as a result of such violations, one may lose some or all of one's rights of self-ownership.". Meaning that if women were to have an abortion it would violate the government's property rights over her and she would lose some if not all of her self-ownership. The sole reason why this free will is important is that all human beings need free will in order to make decisions. For example, the decision to accept this debate was possible only because I possessed free-will. However, if my free will was violated I would not have any say in what I could ever do in life. Taking away a woman's right to choose deliberately violates their free will. Thus, it is unethical because it does not recognize her self-ownership. Contention 3. Turning the focus away from current issues to abortion will be disastrous to all human life Currently, The President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, has historically low approval ratings and is currently focused on the issue of North Korea. By discussing a ban on abortion Donald Trump and Congress will now shift their view from North Korea. By shifting their view the North Korean tensions rise and North Korea will be able to continue to produce and test nuclear weapons without sanctions or threats from the U.S.. The result would be disastrous because the tensions between South Korea and Japan, and North Korea would escalate and could eventually lead to a large-scale nuclear apocalypse. Thus, the end result is extinction of all humanity and civilization Opponent's argument's counters First, my opponent states that by allowing someone to have an abortion we are supposedly advocating for poor choices because we do not punish women for making a bad decision. However, you state that "part of making good decisions is knowing the consequences for one's own action" and that thinking is flawed. If society was to make every decision off of the consequences for each action almost anything can be justified. Under that statement enslaving 49% of the United States' would be a good decision based off of the consequence that it helps the majority of the population (51%). Furthermore, because your first statement is flawed your entire argument is flawed also in its reasoning. Second, you state that because the fetus has organs it is a life and should be treated like so. However, even if it is alive it is still not a human being. A fetus is on the same level as that of any human being because it does not have the ability to self-reflect. Thus we should not treat it as so and its termination is equal to that of a slaughter of a cow. Thus, abortion should not be banned Thank you, -LDBen