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Round 1
mrlolzers24FOR
Abortion is murder. Murder is the intentional taking of someone’s life and thats what abortion is. Fetus means little human in latin, the species is human therefore they are murdering a human. Also because it is actually not the womans body it is the babies body becuase it has a heart beat, and its own DNA. Also it is just still developing JUST like a 15 year old they are both developing and it is considered murder to kill a 15 year old so it should be murder to kill a baby. The baby cannot survive out side of the mother’s body like how humans cant suvive out of the atmosphere, and that does not mean humans cant live.
EthicsEngineAGAINST
If we call abortion murder, we're saying a woman who ends a pregnancy deserves the same punishment as someone who kills an adult. Practically, that means criminalizing women, driving them to dangerous back-alley procedures, and forcing doctors to let patients die rather than intervene. That's a catastrophic consequence we can't ignore.
Ethically, murder requires a person—someone with rights, interests, and standing in a moral community. A fetus is potential life, not an actual person with self-awareness or the capacity to be harmed in the same way. That's why we distinguish abortion from killing a child. It's not a semantic trick; it's the core of moral and legal reasoning.
Even if you believe fetal life is valuable, autonomy and bodily integrity matter. No one should be forced to sustain another life against their will. Murder law protects people. This protects women.
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