Abortion
[Definitions] For clarity I pose the following definitions. Trimester: 3 months Conception: meeting of the sperm and egg [Contention] I hereby propose illegalizing abortion after the 21st day of conception except to save a woman's life, or in the case of rape or incest. [Reasons] 1. On the 21st day after conception the fetal heart starts to beat and most major organs are functioning. The common law definition of death is the stoppage of a heartbeat and most functioning organs. Mos...
1a. Abortion
Abortion may be an issue of some contention, but that should not allow one to take a worse position for what amount to very poor reasons. 1) Abortions are a necessity. 2) Medical decisions are sacrosanct. 3) Forced birthing is far worse than any abortions. 4) Carrying a pregnancy to term is dangerous. 5) Abortions are often medically necessitated. 1) Women get abortions if not legally then illegally. There was a time in this country when women would come into the emergency room with a...
Abortion is wrong
This is a real debate, unlike stevos. I will argue that abortion is wrong in all cases. You will argue that it is ok, but not ok after a certain point (late-term abortions). This first round is just a clarification. I will begin my arguments at the second round....
Abortion
Abortion is something that should be kept open as in option to the cases in which it is the best option in the opinion of the mother. The abortion of a fetus is the best choice for some mothers who have been the victim of rape, have no resources to care for a child or for births that were unintended. These three reasons are all enough for a mother to decide what to do with her own body. There is no legal or medical reason not to allow a mother to abort. Nor is there a religious one that could go...
Abortion should be made illegal, except in cases of severe deformities and to save the mother's life
Round One will just be for schematics. Just join for round one, and I will post my argument in Round 2....
Abortion and infanticide are morally equivalent.
CON, you go first, but here are these definitions. abortion-the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus (Merriam-Webster) infanticide-the killing of an infant (Merriam-Webster) morally equivalent-equal in moral correctness or incorrectness...
Abortion Rights
I believe that a woman should be in charge of her own self and body and by choosing to abort a pregnancy it is her right to not have to carry the child....
Abortion: right or wrong.
OK, so I guess I'm starting. For those of you who aren't aware, Stashu18 commented on a debate of mine, and basically started a case against me. Since my current opponent is a no- show, I decided to debate stashu18. So, part of this post is going to be responses to her comment. I'll start with the framework we should be working under and go on to the debate! OK, so first of all this really is a question of legality. You are asking whether or not abortion is right or wrong, the only concrete w...
single issue voting on abortion, for president, for prolifers
Abortion should not be the sole issue, even by prolifer arguments. fifty percent of the pulic favors the early allowance for abortion early in the pregnancy. those in favor of it are only going to vote for a democrat, are often democrats, in democrat states. they will veto any justice who wants to overturn roe v wade. even if republicans are repeatedly voted in then, they're probably not going to be able to vote for anyone practically speaking who'd overturn. bc of those democrats. you'd...
Abortion is Murder.
Today's debate is whether or not abortion is murder. 1. Acceptance 2. Main Definitions/Presentation of Main Argument 3 & 4. Rebuttals 5. Resolution/Closing Argument Hint: Definitions can be used in other rounds besides R1 Rules- No semantics No trolling No profanity No vulgarity Violating any of the rules results in immediate termination of the debate....