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.

I am not entirely sure that you are new to this site since you had an opinion within hours of joining, but in most debates the person who starts it sets the parameters, since you failed to do so, I will.

These definitions are the definitions which will be used during the debate. All are from Merriam-Webster

Abortion-the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus

Herself- that identical female one —used reflexively, for emphasis, in absolute constructions, and in place of her especially when joined to another object

Body-the organized physical substance of an animal or plant either living or dead

Since you have no resolution I will assume that your statement is indicating that "Because one has control over ones self and body they have to right to an abortion" I am going to base my arguments off this since you did not supply me with anything else that I can work with.

Babycenter.com - "The fetus is considered full-term between weeks 35 and 40,which means that the fetus is considered sufficiently developed for life outside the uterus."

As per the definitions used in this round, a baby at this age could be aborted, what does that mean?

A baby at this stage in the uterus is -for all intents and purposes- the same as a baby this age outside of the uterus, but yet you still state that it is acceptable to abort a baby at this age? I challenge you to explain the difference between this and infanticide, which is the killing of a child in the earliest stages of life.

If it is legal to kill a baby that is the same inside and out of the uterus when in the uterus why not allow the killing of it outside the uterus? If you allow this, you allow infanticide, so where do you draw the line for legal infanticide? Should this make it legal to kill any child that falls under the category infant? These are all things we must consider when deciding the legality and morality of abortion.

PS- I am sorry if you are not happy with the parameters I set for this debate, but I am unwilling to give up my first round of arguments simply because of my opponents lack of clarification on the topic, if you do not like them, I suggest you start another debate and make it open to anyone who would like to debate.

Before I say any more, I wanted to say that I don't appreciate being treated like a baby because you saw my age on my profile. I may be twelve but I have a genius IQ smart one.

Anyways,
A child is only a child when it is as developed as a newborn baby. During this time in the pregnancy abortion is hazardous and I do not support this.

I support the right to an abortion at an earlier stage of development. The woman should have a say over what happens from then on out.

You have clearly seen my debates so you should know that this is how I always debate, I could care less if you are 12 or 112, if I was babying you I would have said "Oh you forgot to set the parameters, would you like me to skip my turn so you can do that?" Also congratulations on your genius IQ, welcome too the club (OOOOPS WAS THAT POMPOUS?)(Since I'm sure you'll want to compare- 133 in 4th grade, haven't tested since). Although I dont like to make personal attacks please dont challenge me to anymore debates if you are simply going to use them as an opportunity to prove your immaturity and harass me.

Sorry to any judges who think that was rude on my part but I don't take eInsults well, something about a person who has never met me judging me just gets on my nerves.

Since my opponent has given no factual evidence and has actually contradicted herself by saying "I support the right to an abortion at an earlier stage of development." and "The woman should have a say over what happens from then on out" which is, in fewer words saying she doesn't support abortion after a certain point which she fails to mention but she supports abortion any time after a certain point before the first point I stated.... I stand firm on my evidence and would like the judges to make note that my opponent has neither set nor held to any parameters.

I am ending the debate since my sister has gotten her own account and i really dont want people hating me.

I rest my case and now will type randomly in an attempt to make my argument long enough, long enough, long enough.