I don't think this topic is an argument you can "logic" your way to a victory. You either feel a woman should have a choice whether or not she carries a pregnancy to full term, or you don't think she should have a choice.
Just like the drug legalization debate, I think this is a flawed question to ask.
We all agree that abortion is a bad thing, true? Good, now the next question is about consequences. What are the consequences of abortion, and what are the consequences of no abortion.
Abortions: Dead babies.
No Abortions: The people who
are willing to kill their own babies are forced to be parents. Let that idea sink in. If you think abortion is murder, then banning abortion means you're forcing a potential murderer to be a parent. People can draw their own conclusions of how that will turn out. I'm guessing it's not good. People who wish their children were never born are probably not the world's greatest parents.
I'm about 30 now, and I will never again date a man who came from a single parent household. I also won't date a man who doesn't love his mother. Been there, done that. I'm sure there are a lot of great men who had single parents, but the ones I've dated were really screwed up. They had no understanding of what a stable relationship looks like. Talking to guys, it seems like this is true for women as well. A lot of women raised by single parents are really screwed up. That term "daddy issues" exists for a reason. Do we really need more of those people in the world?
When I compare abortion to drugs, what I mean is that we generally agree that drug abuse is a bad thing. What we need to talk about is results. What is the result of alcohol prohibition; did it make things better or worse? It made things a lot worse. Banning alcohol or banning abortion sound great in theory, but they tend to make the situation worse. As the saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
There's no need to allow women an abortion if raped because if it wasn't a Legitimate Rape™ the body has those mechanisms that shuts all that down and stops it from happening.
I love following the logic on this one. Your wife is having trouble getting pregnant? It probably means you're raping her
