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Debate: Parental consent for abortions Debate: Abortion on the basis of physical deformity Past featured editors Debate:Abortion (redirect page) Debatepedia User Guide Community forum Argument: Abortion may have a positive or neutral impact on the emotions of the women Argument: Abortion does not negatively affect a woman's sexual functions Argument: Abortion often leads to regret, depression, and even mental illness Argument: Existing mental disorders and risk-taking cause the need for abortions Argument: If a fetus was defined as a "person", the legal shifts would be too dramatic Argument: Abortion forestalls the potential societal contributions of a human being Past Debate Digest topics Debate: Human life as beginning at conception Debatepedia:Editing tasks Argument: Women must control their bodies or risk becoming servants of the fetus Argument: A woman's rights are not the only rights that need to be respected in abortion Argument: Anti-abortion activists love babies but deprive poor children Argument: It is better to seek abortion than neglect an unwanted child Argument: Opposition to abortion is based largely on sexism toward women Argument: No woman "wants" an abortion; it is only the least bad alternative Argument: Denying abortion rights forces maternity on women (state rape) Argument: Opponents can object to abortions, but must tolerate the choice Argument: Human life and a right to life begin at conception; abortion is murder Argument: "Unwanted" children can be adopted; abortion is unnecessary Argument: It is odd to defend the dignity of a fetus over a child-rearer Argument: Doctors that perform abortions are often emotionally damaged Argument: Abortion has been opposed by important figures throughout history Argument: Even if abortions "kill life", it can be justified as upholding a woman's life Argument: Abortion allows women to become better people without a child Argument: Many women are disturbed by their abortions but remain pro-choice Argument: Abortion disproportionately affects the African American community Argument: Abortion is important to reducing over-population globally Argument: It is wrong to consider abortion a tool in crime prevention Argument: Abortion opens the door to the sexual exploitation of women Argument: Abortion is a form of eugenics and mass murder Argument: Rejecting abortion and going through with pregnancies empowers women Argument: Abortions are very risky and hazardous to the women Argument: The Hippocratic oath forbids doctors from performing abortions Argument: The right to choice/privacy (abortion) does not override the right to life Argument: A fetus will become a full-grown person, but only with a right to life Argument: The unborn are voiceless/vulnerable and should be protected from abortion Argument: Abortion is not a just response to social problems facing the unborn Argument: Judaism and the Torah uphold life against abortion Argument: Adoption is too risky making it a poor alternative to abortion Argument: Abortion fails to liberate women as it is often promised Argument: Pro-abortionists dehumanize "fetuses" to get away with murder Argument: The majority of Americans oppose abortions Argument: Abortion is wrongly sought as an alternative form of birth control Argument: The lives of women have been destroyed by abortion, not enhanced Argument: Risk-taking and disorders lead to abortions; not the opposite Argument: Abortion may be immoral, but it is still a woman's right Argument: If a fetus had a right to life, abortionists would be subject to murder charges Argument: Fewer women would have abortions if they knew what they were doing Argument: Unborn life should never depend on whether it is "wanted" Argument: Abortion allows women to have sex comfortably without fear of pregnancy Argument: The scale of abortions makes state intervention compelling Argument: Uncertainty over whether fetuses are "life" should halt abortions Argument: Abortion generally devalues the dignity we assign to life Argument: Fetuses are conscious in the womb and suffer during abortions Argument: Abortions encourage infanticide Argument: Abortion has a tenuous history of support in the USA Argument: Abortion is the woman's choice, not the father's Argument: God exists in the unborn as in the born Argument: Abortion advocates wrongly value "quality of life" over "sanctity of life" Argument: Christian leaders throughout history have been opposed to abortion Argument: The right to abort does not depend on its explicit constitutional provision Argument: The US Constitution does not explicitly confer a right to abortion Argument: Wanted fetuses are "babies"; unwanted ones are "tissue" (inconsistent) Argument: Child-rearing is a beautiful, natural process, not a burden Argument: Abortions under "trying circumstances" are the exception not the rule Argument: Abortion is murder just as infanticide is murder Argument: Abortion worsens parenting by devaluing the parent-child relationship Argument: Under a "veil of ignorance", the unborn would adopt a pro-life social contract Argument: A fetus is no more a human than an acorn is a tree Argument: Rape is an arbitrary exception; abortion must be available in all pregnancies Argument: Abortion must be justified in cases of involuntary impregnation by rape Argument: Letting a woman die is better than directly killing an unborn baby Argument: It is just for a mother to abort a fetus to save herself Argument: A fetus cannot have a right to a woman's body to sustain its life Argument: Abortion is just when birth control fails (involuntary impregnation) Debatepedia top 25 pro/con articles Argument: Is Life A Discretionary Status/Title Debate: Should dictionaries define life as beginning at conception? User:Jpfeiffer419 Debatepedia top 10 pro/con articles User talk:Jkorn View (previous 50) (next 50) (20 \| 50 \| 100 \| 250 \| 500). Retrieved from "http://wiki.idebate.org/en/index.php/Special:Whatlinkshere"

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