{"id":1527742,"date":"2022-06-24T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1527742"},"modified":"2022-06-24T12:05:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T16:05:10","slug":"how-to-win-the-debate-on-abortion-in-12-clear-counterpoints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-win-the-debate-on-abortion-in-12-clear-counterpoints\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Win The Debate On Abortion In 12 Clear Counterpoints"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-to-win-the-debate-on-abortion-in-12-clear-counterpoints%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1527742&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/130117-F-ZZ111-002.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Supreme Court has overturned its 1973 <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> ruling and now the issue of abortion will be part of our national debate as much as ever. Here are some of the many reasons the usual arguments in favor of abortion are wrong.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro-Abortion Claim:<\/strong> <strong>The government should stay out of people\u2019s private lives. This is a woman\u2019s choice, not anyone else\u2019s, and a women\u2019s rights issue.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why It\u2019s Wrong:<\/strong> Laws often restrict an individual\u2019s rights, including the right to hurt another person or infringe upon another\u2019s rights. In taking the life of an unborn child, a woman is taking away the most basic of all rights.<\/p>\n<p>An unborn child is not part of a woman\u2019s body, but a separate, individual human being with his or her own rights. A child is not the mother\u2019s property, just as parents are legal guardians of children but not the children\u2019s owners and are not allowed to abuse their children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro-Abortion Claim:<\/strong> <strong>When most abortions take place, in early pregnancy, a fertilized egg is just a mass of cells, not a human being. It doesn\u2019t feel pain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why It\u2019s Wrong:<\/strong> A new life begins at conception and should not be destroyed by human interference.<\/p>\n<p>First, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/fact-sheet\/induced-abortion-united-states\">one-third of abortions take place after nine weeks of pregnancy<\/a>. Yet from the moment of conception, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/zygote\">zygote<\/a> has its own unique DNA structure, is alive and growing, and is equipped to become a mature human being.<\/p>\n<p>Six weeks after conception, the unborn child\u2019s heartbeat is detectable \u2014 but <a href=\"https:\/\/embryology.med.unsw.edu.au\/embryology\/index.php\/Week_4\">began<\/a> beating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ehd.org\/dev_article_unit4.php\">before<\/a> then. <a href=\"https:\/\/embryology.med.unsw.edu.au\/embryology\/index.php\/Week_3\">At week three, neural development begins<\/a>. At <a href=\"https:\/\/embryology.med.unsw.edu.au\/embryology\/index.php\/Week_4\">week four, the eye, ear, and respiratory systems begin to form<\/a>. At <a href=\"https:\/\/embryology.med.unsw.edu.au\/embryology\/index.php\/Week_6\">week six<\/a>, the mouth and lips are present. At <a href=\"https:\/\/embryology.med.unsw.edu.au\/embryology\/index.php\/Week_7\">week seven<\/a>,\u00a0the embryo looks like a baby.<\/p>\n<p>The beginning of life could be defined by many different points of development \u2014 fertilization (the fusion of the nuclei of the sperm and egg cell), implantation, the first movement, heartbeat, or brain waves, consciousness, or birth. Any point you choose could be just a day\u2019s difference between life and death for an unborn child. <\/p>\n<p>Drawing the line at the point of viability is also problematic \u2014 that point will continue to get earlier in the pregnancy as medical advances create better means of keeping the unborn alive outside the womb; indeed, viability is now weeks earlier than it was when <em>Roe<\/em> was decided. <\/p>\n<p>Yet the unborn child did not become a person because he could survive due to modern science. Newborns are not technically viable either, as they cannot survive on their own. By this logic, we should consider it acceptable to kill newborns.<\/p>\n<p>Nor does the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefdrlst.wpengine.com\/2021\/10\/07\/watch-this-doctor-eviscerate-the-pro-abortion-narrative-using-scientific-facts-and-ethics\/\">absence of pain<\/a> at early stages make it moral to kill the unborn child, just as it would not with an adult. Abortion can involve <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20051230083638\/http:\/www.plannedparenthood.com\/pp2\/portal\/files\/portal\/medicalinfo\/abortion\/fact-abortion-provided.xml\">sucking a baby out of the uterus<\/a> (or as Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20051230083638\/http:\/www.plannedparenthood.com\/pp2\/portal\/files\/portal\/medicalinfo\/abortion\/fact-abortion-provided.xml\">puts<\/a>\u00a0it, \u201cthe suction machine is turned on and the uterus is gently emptied\u201d), causing <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20051230083638\/http:\/www.plannedparenthood.com\/pp2\/portal\/files\/portal\/medicalinfo\/abortion\/fact-abortion-provided.xml\">a stillbirth by injecting a salt solution<\/a> into the uterus, and other horrors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro-Abortion Claim:<\/strong> <strong>Abortion can\u2019t be a crime against nature if fertilized eggs are spontaneously miscarried in nature.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why It\u2019s Wrong:<\/strong> The occurrence of an event in nature does not justify deliberately mimicking that event. The elderly die of natural causes, but that doesn\u2019t make it right to kill them. And many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/pregnancy-loss-miscarriage\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20354298\">miscarriages<\/a> are associated with extra or missing chromosomes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro-Abortion Claim: <\/strong><strong>Birth control isn\u2019t 100 percent effective.<\/strong> <strong>When it fails, women have been responsible and need abortion as another method to avoid having a child.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why It\u2019s Wrong: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/products\/databriefs\/db388.htm\">Seven percent of women report having sex without using some form of birth prevention in the past three months<\/a>, not including 8 percent who have such sex but are seeking pregnancy or already pregnant. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/fact-sheet\/contraceptive-effectiveness-united-states\">Many people who use birth control do not do so effectively<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The pregnancy prevention rate of birth-control pills used consistently and correctly is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/learn\/birth-control\/birth-control-pill\/how-effective-is-the-birth-control-pill\">99 percent<\/a>. For that small portion who correctly used birth control but it did not prevent conception, they have to accept the risks of sexual activity, which include a child. Contraception is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/learn\/birth-control\/birth-control-pill\/how-do-i-get-birth-control-pills\">free<\/a> with most health insurance plans and easily available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro-Abortion Claim:<\/strong> <strong>In the case of rape or incest, when a woman was an innocent victim of an involuntary act, she should not be forced to carry a child. She would be forced to suffer even more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why It\u2019s Wrong:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pdfs\/pubs\/psrh\/full\/3711005.pdf\">One percent<\/a> of women say they want an abortion because they were raped, and less than 0.5 percent say they are pregnant as a result of incest. Even in such very rare cases, an unborn child should not be killed because of another person\u2019s evil deed. The pregnant woman needs love and support, not more trauma.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 800,000 abortions take place in the United States each year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pdfs\/pubs\/psrh\/full\/3711005.pdf\">Common reasons given for seeking an abortion<\/a> are that a child would disrupt the mother\u2019s education (38 percent), interfere with job or career (38 percent), or be unaffordable (73 percent). About half of respondents said they didn\u2019t want to be a single mom or were having relationship problems.<\/p>\n<p>About a third said they didn\u2019t want any more kids; 25 percent said they didn\u2019t want people to know they had sex or got pregnant; 32 percent said they weren\u2019t ready for a child; and 22 percent didn\u2019t feel mature enough to raise children. More than half of those seeking abortion have had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/report\/characteristics-us-abortion-patients-2014\">at least one previous birth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro-Abortion Claim:<\/strong> <strong>Minors are too young for the responsibilities of parenthood.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why It\u2019s Wrong:<\/strong> About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/fact-sheet\/induced-abortion-united-states\">3 percent<\/a> of females who get abortions are younger than 18, and 8 percent are 18 to 19 years old. Parents of minors should teach their children about the consequences of sex, the benefits of abstinence, and the limitations of contraception, among other things: Sex can lead to pregnancy and if it does the unborn child should not be killed. <\/p>\n<p>Accepting truths that you don\u2019t like is part of maturity, and sex should be reserved for mature people ready to care for a child.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro-Abortion Claim:<\/strong> <strong>If abortion were made legal only in cases of rape or incest, women would lie.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why It\u2019s Wrong:<\/strong> The court system could settle the truth of their claims and more reporting of rape and incest would help bring perpetrators to justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro-Abortion Claim: Abortion is safer than continuing a pregnancy to term.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why It\u2019s Wrong:<\/strong> Even if abortion is safer than pregnancy, that doesn\u2019t make it right. But with modern medicine, the death risks for both abortion and pregnancy are very low.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro-Abortion Claim: It would be better for abnormal fetuses to be aborted than to live with poor health or a disability.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why It\u2019s Wrong:<\/strong> In the case of the small minority of fetuses with a potentially life-threatening abnormality, a natural death may result, but, if not, the child should be given the benefit of the doubt, not be killed. It\u2019s wrong to kill disabled people for their disabilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro-Abortion Claim: If abortion were outlawed, women would just get riskier, dangerous abortions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why It\u2019s Wrong:<\/strong> People break other laws with repercussions too, but we don\u2019t avoid that outcome by not making those laws. Outlawing abortion would save millions of unborn babies\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n<p>It is difficult to know the number of abortions resulting in death before abortion was legalized, because many illegal abortions went unreported. Education is the best alternative, so women know the risks of trying to get an abortion illegally, how to effectively use birth control, and how they can receive assistance as mothers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro-Abortion Claim:<\/strong> <strong>The right to an abortion has led to a more prosperous society<\/strong> <strong>as women have continued in their careers and low-income couples have not been burdened with an additional expense. Abortion has reduced the child abuse and crime that arise from unwanted children.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why It\u2019s Wrong:<\/strong> Abortion has been bad for our society, as it devalues human life and the fulfillment that only family and children, not a job, can provide. If women want to put careers first or can\u2019t afford children, they should practice abstinence or correctly use birth control and make plans for accepting the consequences if that fails.<\/p>\n<p>If women are poor and do have children, the government provides assistance. Adoption is also a better option than killing an unborn child. Many loving, screened, financially stable parents are waiting to adopt babies.<\/p>\n<p>As for whether <a href=\"https:\/\/freakonomics.com\/podcast\/abortion\/\">studies<\/a> prove that abortion has reduced crime or abuse, this is a dangerous line of argument. Should we abort babies of certain groups more likely to be criminals?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro-Abortion Claim:<\/strong> <strong>A woman has a right to privacy, as recognized by the Supreme Court, and to make her own decisions about her life and happiness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why It\u2019s Wrong:<\/strong> <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> was so strongly resisted because it was a deeply flawed decision.<\/p>\n<p>The legal arguments are lengthy, but the short answer is that the constitutional right to liberty simply does not grant the right to kill another person, and an unborn child is a person. <\/p>\n<p>Abortion is a deeply divisive issue, and <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/1576\/abortion.aspx\">about half<\/a> of Americans consider themselves pro-life and half call themselves pro-choice. Overturning <em>Roe<\/em> will not end abortion rights but return the issue to the states, allowing for a more democratic process \u2014 the debate will continue, but the truth remains the same.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Eleanor Bartow is the features editor at The Federalist. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elliebartow\">@elliebartow<\/a>. Bartow was an editor and investigative reporter at the Daily Caller, editor-in-chief of the American Enterprise Institute\u2019s magazine, and a reporter for Congressional Quarterly. Her articles have been published with The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, Real Clear Policy, American Spectator, and others. She has been interviewed on Fox News Radio, C-SPAN, XM, NPR, OANN, and more. She received a Fulbright Professional Grant in Journalism and was a fellow with the Claremont Institute and National Review Institute.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court has overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling and now the issue of abortion will be part of our national debate as much as ever. 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