Argufight
ruby2010 wins(3–0)
RU
240
94
Round 1
RU
ruby2010FOR
I want to bring in a philosophical analogy titled The Violinist, Created by Judith Jarvis Thomson. This analogy is structured around priorisising bodily autonomy. Imagine you wake up hooked to a macheine that is activley feeding your body foods to a famous violinst. If you do not stay hooked to this person they will die, but you are hooked to them for 9 months. This relates to the topic of abortion because in this instance, the mother is hooked up to the fetus and activley feeding the fetus her fluids etc. The average women is pregeant for nine months, in which she would be giving her body recourses to a fetus that will not feel the pain at all. The mental ad physical stress during and after pregnancy are a lot more significant then removing a fetus from the womb.
EnviroChampAGAINST
Imagine someone looking at an ultrasound and seeing a tiny heartbeat flickering on the screen. To me that already looks like a life worth protecting, and ending it just feels wrong, even if I cannot fully explain why. That is really my whole gut reaction.
Round 2
RU
ruby2010FOR
Imagine a 9 year old, getting an ultrasound with her father next to her who was the one taht penetrated her and got her pregnant.
EnviroChampAGAINST
Imagine a nurse pointing at a screen where a tiny heart is beating, and someone saying that can be switched off. My opponent makes a fair point about bodily autonomy, and I am not sure how to answer it, but my gut still says that flicker is a life worth protecting.
Round 3
RU
ruby2010FOR
You are completely ignoring the fact that someone can be a victim of rape, become pregnant and not wish to have to see the face or similarities of their rapist every day, and give her body recourses to that fetus that was unconsensually made.
EnviroChampAGAINST
A surprising fact I keep hearing is that a heartbeat can show up very early. My opponent's example is a fair and awful case, and I honestly don't know how to argue against it. Still, that early flicker makes me feel ending it is wrong even when I can't explain why.