Debate: Abortion is it right or wrong?
Side: for abortion

Sorry, silly was a bad choice. The opposite of your augments makes just as much sense so It does not seem to "add" to your case.I agree fully with the responsibility part. However abortion is not "free and easy". Lets say the average is $400. To the type of person likely to get an abortion the cost alone is prohibitive compared to condoms for example. The women I have know that got an abortion did not go in to it lightly. It was one of the hardest decisions they have ever made. So, I believe in the vast majority of cases "blatant irresponsibility or laziness" was not really a factor. I don't think many people say, "Aw screw it, if I get pregnant i'll just get an abortion." Heat of the moment is a very powerful thing. They wish very much that they did not get pregnant. Please don't argue abstinence. We know that does not work as broad form of birth control. I can make a like argument by saying it's okay to kill a toddler for convenience because hell, by the time they're fully developed they'll have no conscious memory or awareness of that earlier stage of their life; yet that's murder!You could make that argument. Some scientists may even agree with you, but I don't. While a toddler may not have all the properties I listed in the previous argument, I think it does have some. This is the major reason I think a toddler is different from a "bunch of tissue". Another, much less important reason, is most of the "bad" parts of birth are over. The mothers desires to not be put through pregnancy and child birth no longer need to be considered. There is a big difference to the mother between "I'll adopt your baby and take it right now" vs. "After 9 months or pregnancy and child birth, I'll adopt your baby". Not sure if there is a difference between a tadpole and frog but it's not relevant because neither has the properties of a sentient person. The reason not to kill a frog is because it seems wrong to kill it for no reason. Maybe it has children depending on it? I'm sure you would be OK aborting a frog that was somehow growing in a woman's uterus if she wanted to?A fetus by the way I believe does have consciousness. It has consciousness relevant and necessary to survive at that stage... It's not just on auto-pilot. Just because a fetus can't hold a job or drive a car doesn't mean it's not aware of it's life!As I said before, this is where the debate deadlocks. At conception a fetus (maybe that's not the right word) is literally 2 cells (actually maybe it's only 1?). The only way you can think 2 cells has "consciousness" is if you believe in something supernatural (like a soul or spirit), or your not that familiar with consciousness, how the human brain works, etc. If you agree that there is not consciousness at 2 cells then the only thing we disagree on is the length of time it takes for consciousness to arise. As best I can tell the scientific community thinks it may be some time after 21 weeks.I think it would be much more accurate to describe 2 cells as on "auto-pilot" than "can drive a car". Obviously your argument is a huge exaggeration of my position. It's on auto-pilot because that's all 2 cells can be.