I think the main thing here is that this is about a life that's already started, not just a choice someone makes about their own body. My opponent might have fair points about hard situations, and I honestly don't know how to answer all that, but it still feels wrong to me.

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The other side says a fetus doesn't deserve the same rights, but that's the very question, not an answer. I get that bodily autonomy is a serious concern, and hard cases exist. But we don't usually decide who gets basic protection based on size, dependency, or location. A newborn is also completely dependent; that doesn't make them less human. If the thing in the womb is a distinct human life from the start, then "not the same rights" sounds like a line drawn for convenience, not principle. That's why I still land against.