Debate: should abortion be banned
Side: abortion should not be banned

Abortion is such a controversial topic due to many reasons, one being that no one can pinpoint the exact moment the zygote/embryo/fetus (all terms for unborn baby) is alive. Not in the sense of being a functioning cell- because most would not feel bad killing any other single celled organism. But alive in the sense of being considered worth any human infant's life. It's against the law to kill an infant once outside the womb. So when should a fetus be as protected legally as much as an infant? "When it is alive" most say, but technically it is "alive" at conception, as a single cell, that majority wouldn't feel bad killing compared to an infant. So where should the line be drawn? At conception, at 3 months, at birth? That is where most people have trouble with choosing a side for the argument of abortion.But let's take this variable away for a second, and not to help my argument. Actually, this makes it much harder. Let's say that at conception, at one cell old, the zygote's life is worth just as much as any infants. Abortion would definitely be killing it. This isn't necessarily true but for the sake of argument let's say it is. Every person has something called "body autonomy." This basically means that you and you alone have control over what physically happens to your body.(Unless you are a minor. Then your parent or guardian has control over this until you turn 18.) This means you cannot be forced into taking medicine or doing procedures you don't consent to, even if they save the lives of you or anyone else.Everyone has this- even dead people, and this is where the argument comes back in. Legally, unless a person gives consent before death, no one can take their organs to save over 10 people's lives through organ transplants. If these people all had no other donors, they'd die due to that individual's body autonomy being respected.So, even though this fetus is definitely alive, at least for this argument, you have to respect this woman's body autonomy. It is the law. Her body is hers alone, and her body autonomy shouldn't be disregarded for 9 whole months for any reason. Yes, aborting the fetus would kill it, but it would be respecting her wishes for her body, just like how everyone, including the deceased, are respected.What about the fetus' body autonomy? It's alive, so it had body autonomy too, right? It had no choice in the matter! Well, like stated above, body autonomy is controlled by parents or legal guardians until 18, so the mother has the say in what to do to the fetus' body. Also, back to my scenario, those 10+ people dying due to their only potential donor not consenting to organ donation? They have no say in the matter either. They still would die. Some consider it unfair- but it is a law that is strongly enforced. In all other cases but abortion, (In certain states) though the value of life at stake is the same, and to most, less than in the organ donation scenario.And although this case is now strongly supported, even with the idea that abortion is killing an alive human being, this all depends on where you stand on when the fetus is considered a truly living human. So, sacrificing a woman's body autonomy for something we can't even agree is alive is absurd.