Issue: Abortion

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Should be Legal

Government gets to control a woman's body.

"Back alley" abortions would increase if it were illegal, increasing the risk of young women dying.

Safe or not, it's still murder

It's arguably better for society to have babies aborted than have them be brought neglected.

A crappy life is better than no life

One brief mistake can take away a woman's childhood and trap her for life.

If abortion is outlawed, more unwanted children will be born.

Women who get raped wouldn't be forced to keep an unwanted baby.

Women's Rights

Freedom of Choice

Legal... but not used as a birth control

Should be Illegal

Abortion is a form of murder.

It is performed before a fetus has developed into a human person.

Other birth control is readily available. Thus, abortion shouldn't be a form of birth control.

The societal contributions of a potentially valuable human being are wiped out.

Women who have abortions often suffer major psychological damage from the experience.

Giving up a child for adoption can be just as emotionally damaging as having an abortion.

The advances of genetic testing may prompt more abortions to avoid having the non-ideal child.

There are many couples who spend years on waiting lists trying to adopt a child.

The abortion decision is often made by the young who don't have enough maturity and life experience.

People have the right not to see their tax dollars go to something they find immoral.

responsibility

But...

completly wrong


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