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It wrong It is not wrong
Debate Score:38
Arguments:32
Total Votes:46
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Is abortion wrong?

It wrong

Side Score: 17
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It is not wrong

Side Score: 21
2 points

Yes, abortion is wrong because you're killing a human being.

Side: It wrong
DrawFour(2662) Disputed
1 point

Why is killing a human being wrong? Or rather, if you believe killing a human being is wrong, you must also believing killing an animal is wrong, and as such must be a vegan.

To take it one step further, the legal time frame that an abortion is allowed is before the the fetus has brainwaves, meaning at this point it's no different than a plant. So if you think to kill a plant is wrong, you must be Fruitarian.

I can take it even one step further. To live the fruitiarian lifestyle, as I'm absolutely certain one as informed and as opposed to the taking of a life must be, means to eat only the flower or fruit of a plant, but not to actually kill the plant to take it, however in doing that you are taking the future life of that plant. So as a fruitarian you are giving abortions to plants, and as you said abortions are wrong.

Now I don't actually think you're a fruitarian, seeing as less than one percent of the population choose this lifestyle. I also doubt the possibilty ofyou being anything less than an omnivore. I believe that you eat animals, and it is their that the basis of my argument lies.

If you don't think killing of animal or plant matter is wrong, how could you think the killing of a, practically brainless, lump of cells be wrong?

That's not a rhetorical question.

Side: It is not wrong
Srom(12206) Disputed
1 point

Why is killing a human being wrong? Or rather, if you believe killing a human being is wrong, you must also believing killing an animal is wrong, and as such must be a vegan.

Killing a human being is wrong because life is precious and we are the only beings on this earth that are smart and do a lot of things. No, I don't believe killing animals is wrong because we are worth more then the birds of the air and the creatures of the sea.

To take it one step further, the legal time frame that an abortion is allowed is before the the fetus has brainwaves, meaning at this point it's no different than a plant. So if you think to kill a plant is wrong, you must be Fruitarian

This is about human abortion not plant abortion. So your example is pointless.

If you don't think killing of animal or plant matter is wrong, how could you think the killing of a, practically brainless, lump of cells be wrong?

I never said that. Don't know why you said that.

Side: It wrong
1 point

I find it to be by definition murder, and i have been raised this way, and now as i continue to grow my opinions, it is not just my parent's belief, but my own. I believe that under every circumstance, that abortion is morally wrong. (just because it's legal doesn't mean it isn't wrong)

Side: It wrong
DrawFour(2662) Disputed
1 point

Your use of the word definition displease me. It is in fact by definition, not murder, hence the reason it's legal in the first place.

Side: It is not wrong
2 points

Never forget that everything Hitler did was legal. -Dr King .

Side: It wrong
1 point

Sorry if this is a little off topic but I'm going to pretend the question is phrased 'should abortion be legal?

I think most people will agree that killing a human being except in self defense or defense of another should not be legal and that presumption of innocence is a good policy.

The premise for the abortion debate should always be whether or not a 'child in utero' is a human being or just a human. A woman's right to privacy is a straw man if we are discussing the legalization of killing an innocent human being.

Does a human BECOME a human being? Who has the authority to decide when a human becomes a human being? There is no consensus from our experts so the supreme court based the law on confirmation bias. It is inconvenient in most cases to call a 'child in utero' a human being and make laws to protect it. I think it would have been safer and less devaluing to human existence to err on the side of life rather than someones right to privacy. It isn't legal to commit crimes in private and shouldn't be.

Under current law someone can be charged with fetal homicide. Homicide is defined as

the deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another. How is this possible if we have passed laws suggesting that a 'child in utero' is not a person?

We seem to have a system that allows arbitrary whim to decide whether or not a human is a being worthy of legal protection.

Side: It wrong
1 point

Yes, i believe it is wrong. If you are having unprotected sex there are consequences, like ummm i don't know, getting pregnant? Just because you made a stupid mistake doesn't mean you should be able to get out of it so easily and end a life in the process. There's other options, such as adoption. But i believe there are special cases, if the woman has health reasons or was violated, that abortion may be necessary.

Side: It wrong
0 points

I think it wrong in different ways. Please give me some opinions on this.

Side: It wrong
DrawFour(2662) Clarified
1 point

"I think it wrong in different ways"

What ways?

Side: It wrong
0 points

To all the people for abortion, if you were aborted, you wouldn't be here right now. Common sense. Selfish assholes.

Side: It wrong

It is OK in the early stages of pregnancy because it is just a lump of cells and not a real person.

Side: It is not wrong
1 point

I guss so but still if the girl choose a act that could get her a baby. Why is it right to kill the baby knowing that the girl was doing something she should not. I have a friend has sex with no condom or pill. And she had 5 baby and she killed them all before they were made.

Side: It is not wrong

I do disagree with what that person is doing. Sometimes people do take precaution and do still end up pregnant and also there is rape as well.

Side: It is not wrong

No. i believe that life begins at birth, so I have no problem with abortion.

Side: It is not wrong
1 point

I deserved that downvote. Why did I believe that? .

Side: It wrong
1 point

Based on what standard? No one can objectively say yes or no. Based on the standard that the 'life' is not yet relevant enough to be considered such, I'd have to say no.

Side: It is not wrong

Abortions are only wrong if you have one ;)

Side: It is not wrong

I mean come on man, will killing something (whether it be a fetus or a human) that has no personality and nobody who will be negatively affected by its removal, really be all that bad?

Side: It is not wrong
hulkster(3) Disputed
1 point

I know it would not be that bad if someone removed you from this planet. You do have a personality though, but nobody seems to like it very much. I am sure no one would be negatively affected if you were to just disappear. So why don't you?

Side: It wrong

If someone is a strict constructionist who interprets the Constitution word for word, the sanction for abortion is given under the Fourteenth Amendment.

The Fourteenth Amendment of our U.S. Constitution defines a citizen “a citizen” at birth. If a woman is carrying a fetus in the womb, the U.S. Constitution does not designate the fetus as “a citizen.” It would take an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to declare a fetus a citizen. You have to be born in order to be recognized as a citizen. Therefore, a woman does have the right to choose. A fetus inside the womb is not designated as a citizen according to the U.S. Constitution so by default is not entitled to life, liberty, or prosperity. You have to be born in order to be endowed with those privileges. To conclude, neither the Federal government nor any of the States can deny a woman the right to choose.

If abortion is murder, abortion would have been terminated years ago due to the cruel and unusual punishment clause under the Eighth Amendment. Again, proof that a fetus is not recognized as a citizen of the United States of America.

Side: It is not wrong
0 points

There is nothing wrong with this. I see no life with out birth. So you have not killed the baby.

Side: It is not wrong
NEMazer(1) Disputed
1 point

That is nonsense. A human life begins at conception. It's simple science. Just because your still inside your mother doesn't mean your dead. Lol...

Side: It wrong