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A woman has a right to an abortion, if she can afford it.
A woman does not have a right to force anyone else to pay for her abortion.
I have the right of freedom of speech. Would you like to be forced to pay in order for me to excercise my right?
Pro-Choice is a misnomer.
People want to use the term,
"Pro-Choice"
to refer to:
1. A woman (not a man) having a choice.
2. The only choice is whether or not to have an abortion (there are no other choices are available).
Calling a fetus a parasite is the first step to condoning abortion.
The Nazis called Jews "rats" in order to make killing Jews more palatable.
That tactic is alive an well in the pro-abortion camp. Their argument is that you are only killing a parasite, a clump of cells. The reason they want to create this illusion is so that you don't feel bad about making that "choice." Why would you want to give anyone a parasite, or a clump of cells, to care for and nurture? Just "terminate" it.
Alright, so in basic terms, here is the issue:
Some people say that women should be in control of their bodies and have the right to abort. However, there are others who say that abortion is murder.
What is your take on this issue?
So I just read a tearjerker story (in a very liberal publication: The New Yorker) about a woman who grew up without a mother because her mother decided to perform a self-induced abortion. So, obviously, this woman thinks that legal abortions are necessary to prevent women from attempting self-induced abortions and dying in the process.What I don't understand is, why doesn't anyone ever asks the most obvious question? Why not put the child up for adoption? In that scenario, the mother would still be alive. Her daughter may someday be reunited with her adopted sibling. Why should the termination of life be the go to solution?
I guess we have to show that the fetus is only part of the mother so that she can have it removed as one would remove a wart.
We also have to show that the fetus is NOT part of the father so that we can claim that the father has no claim, no rights, no interest, no say in the life/fate of the fetus and that ONLY the mother has the final say in the life/fate of the fetus.
Do you remember this debate?
http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/ What camefirsttheChickenortheegg
In there it talks about the whether the egg shell belongs to the fetus or the mother and whether the eggshell is just a container.
I would argue that the uterus is part of the mother.
I would also argue that the uterus is a container.
I would then argue that the fetus is not part of the father. Just because the father contributed sperm, does NOT mean that the fetus is part of the father.
I would then argue that the fetus is not part of the mother either. I mean, just because she contributed the egg does not mean that the fetus is part of her body. What holds true for the father, holds true for the mother. And science backs me up on this. The mother's immune system would kill the fetus if it weren't for the placenta.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunetolerancein_pregnancy
"The placenta functions as an immunological barrier between the mother and the fetus, creating an immunologically privileged site."
If it were not for the placenta, the mother's immune system would kill the fetus. The fetus is its own entity. Once the egg and the sperm fuse, it is no longer part of the father and it is no longer part of the mother. it is its own entity.
But... if the fetus is its own entity, and it is not part of the mother, it cannot be compared to a wart. When the mother has a fetus removed, she is not doing something to her body, she is doing something to another living entity.
You know, like when you're a hormy teen and you think you know it all (pull-out method works) and you're destined for college and a great career (I'm so great I can pull-out at the last minute. I've been practicing. Watch!) and then your hormones throw you a curve ball (OK, let's give it a shot. No pun intended.) and you end up pregnant (You [insert explitive here]. This wasn't meant to happen!) and the you come up with yet another great idea (I know..., let's get an abortion!) and the fetus is like (Wait..., what? No! What about meeee?!?!?!) and the parents are like, "Screw you you clump of cells!".
http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/The_effectiveness_of_the_pull_out_method_of_contraception_is_debunked
Conditions that must first be met:
1. Educating the public of the causes of pregnancy.
2. Educating the public about contraceptives.
3. Making contraceptives freely available to both sexes.
4. Educating the public of the legal consequences and ramifications (i.e., Educating both parents about the following responsibilities assigned to their actions).
a. All participants must use contraceptives. If contraception was NOT used by both parents:
b. The father is responsible for child support if the mother wants the baby.
c. The mother must carry the pregnancy to term if the father wants the baby.
d. Next of kin is given priority to raise the child if he/she qualifies.
e. The child is put up for adoption.
f. Illegal abortions are punishable by death. This includes Doctor, mother and father depending to what extent they have been a party to said abortion.
Abortions should be allowed under the following condition:
1. Pregnancy is due to rape or incest AND it is withing the current legal time frame of fetus development.
2. If both parents used contraception and both contraceptive devices failed and neither parent, wants the baby, AND it is withing the current legal time frame of fetus development.
Abortion should only be used in cases where neither parent wants the child.
As long as one of the parents wants the child, then the pregnancy should go to term. If the father cannot be reached, for whatever reason, withing the legal abortion period, then the mother gets to make the decision.
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http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/All_rights_are_reserved_for_minorities_women_and_the_handicap_only_non_4_white_males
WITHOUT PARENT CONSENT?!?!?!
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/417276_abortion23.html
Who do the children belong to; the parents or the state?
Who is responsible for children; the parents or the state?
Who would you expect to have the best interest of a child at heart; the parent or the state?
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