Debate: should abortion be banned
Side: abortion should be banned

You know what, these are my last few arguments, because now you are just personally attacking me, whether it is intentional or not.One thing you have derived from my arguments is that education is vital to the solution, and yet, you haven't pieced it all together. Since I have to do everything around here, here's my core arguments:Abortion is a problem, not a solution. The whole situation leads to back to a crisis that has been occurring for many years now. The problem: unwanted pregnancies, most of which are occurring between young couples such as teenagers, who feel that it is 'ok' to experiment every now and then. They lack safety, they lack education; see where I am getting at? Sure, we can pull everyone into a booooooooring seminar about how 'important' the body is and how we should always 'be safe,' but that just isn't working.Now, if we finally came up with a working educational system, then, perhaps, we could make some progress. This can done in a few simple ways: one of which is using personal examples. I remember watching an episode of Maury Povich, which showed several teen girls (all who were around 14 years of age) who thought that it was ok for them to become pregnant, and, in fact, were insisting that they were planning on immediate impregnation. Maury brought out a guest speaker, an ex-prostitute who spoke to those girls in ways that shocked me. She told them what would happen, and didn't spare a single detail. Guess what? By the end of it all, those girls had broken their sexual habits and moved on to live better lives.Now, this is over-dramatic in most cases, but the fact is that the system works, and it has been proved. Here, we have literally "hit the problem on the head," and have actually made a valuable difference. Rather than have an attitude of "oh, if it happens, we'll just flush it out," we can actually stop the whole process together. Then, after the situation has come to a resting stop, we sweep away the excess of what was abortion and move on in our lives. You see, though I argue for abortions to be made illegal, I don't use terms as rushed and as provocative like that. What I suggest will prove that abortions are unnecessary, and can be removed from the system. If banning is the word for it, then why not? After all, it's not like anyone is going to be using it!Now, you made a strong point that I found hard to deal with, that it is a mothers right to make a decision as to whether or not to keep the child as a part of her. I did my research, and found that it some cases it can be a life or death situation. I felt like actually agreeing with you for a while there, and in some ways I do, but then I came to realize that this is only a problem because we make it a problem. You're right, before the 20 week stage it is incapable of survival, and sure, even beyond that point it is still iffy. What we can derive from that is that a baby is never a sure thing, which is fair and true. That however, is not an excuse. I mean, sure, we can guess that it may not survive, we can guess that it may be a problem for both the mother and child, but above all, we can guess that it won't, for either case. You see, the problem there is that sometimes men don't get themselves 'checked,' and act upon male instinct. Or, perhaps some women will just desire a baby, as I have already covered. What stands out from all this is that people don't know the facts of sex, and how potential it is for a number of reasons, whether it results in a child or an exchange of STD's. So, there you have it! Again, the problem is a lack of education. Again, this can be dealt with. Hey, while I'm here, let's look at another form of education, just for your benefit!What has already been shown is that the majority of unwanted pregnancies come from younger aged individuals or couples, which, sadly, does not reflect well on how the future will go. See, that's the thing, we can educate the older people in society, but that doesn't save the next generation doesn't it? One solution that has been presented over a thousand times is abstinence, which has its ups and downs. On one side it can stop a lot of potential unwanted pregnancies, and on the other hand, it can appear as another "uncool rule" and be totally disregarded. What we need to teach adolescents is that abstinence is the "better" way to do things, as hard as it may be. As dangerous as it may be, the Government should probably consider passing a law on abstinence (and let us get one thing straight, this is NOT the same thing as banning unprotected sex), so that we can perhaps make things easier in the long run. Look, you're probably going to chew this one to pieces, but just remember, even I'm not 100% on this one. Like I said, it is just "another idea."Now, before you literally "make yourself sick," understand that an abortion can sometimes "appear" as the more appropriate thing. 1% of abortions come from rape, which is actually an issue no matter where you are in the world (maybe not in Antarctica, I think the penguins know better...). So, rape is a problem that needs to be dealt with. Again, abortions are just circling the issue. Sure, we can "clean up the mistakes" all we want; that doesn't stop these problems from occurring in the first place! What I think you really need to understand is that abortions aren't actually that necessary; it has it's benefits, but we can do much better! Again, we need to "hit the problem on the head", if we are going to actually make any progress! Therefore, it is perfectly clear that the problem of rape needs to be dealt with, and seriously. If that takes similar tactics to those as used towards the young teens that I referred to previously, then why not? After all, the tactic has been proven to work? Naturally, that doesn't kill the more serious issue of rape, therefore, the Government then needs to decide how they can cure the problem before it can potentially get any worse. Like all things, it will take time, we all just need to be a little patient.Perhaps, if I needed to show you how serious some of those girls actually were, then I'll provide a Youtube link to one of the girls from that episode from Maury Povich. Understand that I am in no way stereotyping all girls like this, it is just one problem that we are facing in some cases (however small they are).I'm going to ask you a simple question: Are you a woman? Now, I will ask you a more serious question: Are you a mother? If you reply with two positive answers, then I would understand how "personal" the issue is. I am male, and I am only 15, but I know more about this issue than most people would. I have actually seen an abortion, and whether I wanted it to or not, it affected me. I then went and did my research, and I actually used this topic in several speeches that I have done in my past years at high school. I know for a fact that an abortion isn't funny, that it is a serious decision, and one that I think could always have been avoided. I'm not some kind of "pro-creationist," or someone who "forces their beliefs on others," I find myself as an educative person, because I have educated myself on this issue. I want to help people my own age, then both below and above, to show that "one man makes a difference," especially to an issue as serious as this. If my act of spreading an educative message to others is making you sick, then I, honestly, could not stand to look at myself in the mirror if I were you. You admit that you believe in education, yet you do nothing to prove it. I could easily put my fingers in my ears and yell "LALALALALA" as well, but I for one actually take what you are saying quite seriously. If you actually believe in education, why do continue to support the issue?This issue is complex, even if you won't admit it or cannot see it. One man can make a difference but it takes an entire nation to see that an abortion circles the problem that it was meant to fix.Take a look at abortion, does killing what you we define as "a mistake" actually solve anything? Well, not to me it doesn't.