Debate: Birthcontrol???
Side: NO! IT'S MY BODY!!!

And if you get pregnant through stupid choices, it's your duty to your child to keep it alive until you do have the choice to give it away.Or, one could abort it. I do not think the motivation behind an abortion influences its acceptability, one way or the other. It's criminal for parents to not care care of their born children, but why isn't it criminal for parents to not take care of their unborn children?Children are conscious, biologically independent, and also citizens in the eyes of the law. Fetuses are none of these things. If a parent no long wants the responsibility of a child, there are systems in place to ensure the child does not have to suffer. Again, prenatally, this is not possible.I have actually been thinking about this for a while (ever since I read it), and I cannot come up with an equally ridiculous argument. I keep trying, but I can't. I'm sorry. This just doesn't work that way.You kind of have to supply a better rebuttal than this, if you cannot answer an argument. Aborting a fetus destroys its potential before it has any awareness of that potential, or anything else for that matter.Not if their hosts aren't mature enough to vote.Why should a minor not be allowed to opt for or a refuse an abortion? Yes, it is. The fetus deserves to have a chance at life. Why should we kill just because it's inconvenient to the mother?For one, no, it is not currently possible to transplant a fetus from one womb to another.Secondly, even if a woman wants a pregnancy and the resulting childbirth, it is silly to say the whole process is just an 'inconvenience'. Having a flat tire is an inconvenience. Having your autonomy removed and placed in the hands of someone else, so that your body is no longer your own property, just a vehicle for incubation, is a nightmare. By that argument, I could just refuse to go to jail for theft because it would be inconvenient to me. If I steal and get caught, I'd have to take responsibility for that and go to jail. If you foolishly get pregnant, you need to take responsibility for your actions and carry the child.Stealing is violating the rights of another citizen. A fetus is not a citizen.Abortion is a way to take responsibility for a pregnancy. It's not like someone is pawning their pregnancy off on someone else and saying, 'here, you carry this thing.' If someone catches a disease from sex, they are going to seek treatment and get it cured if they can. Leaving aside issues of fetal consciousness, there is no difference between this and getting an abortion. Implying that carrying a pregnancy to term is the only way to responsibly deal with it is to say that to only way to responsibly deal with an STD is to let it go untreated. But I fail to see how any of this matters. It could be solved thusly: unprotected sex produces unwanted pregnancies.No contraceptive is 100% effective. Not all pregnancies are the result of stupid choices.  Does it matter if your parents force you? You get to the same result!Yes, it absolutely matters if someone's bodily autonomy is steamrolled because of what someone else wants or thinks is appropriate.If we mandated sterilization for every person in the United States, that would also get the same result of fewer unwanted pregnancies. It's like if my parents 'forced' me to climb Mount Saint Helens. I love climbing! It would be a blast. I wouldn't care if my parents were 'forcing' me, as I'd do it anyway!I can't believe I'm having to explain this, but if you would do something anyway, then you are not being forced to do anything, by anyone.