I am too lazy to read this whole thread, but was told that it was interesting and I should say something. So if I make a point that was already made, you'll have to forgive me, or not.
Ookla, you made it clear in your opening arguments that you think that "killing" people before they are born is wrong because you don't know how they will live their life. While this is true, you could say the same about any means of protection or birth control. Technically you are killing thousands of possible children everytime you use it, but you aren't complaining about legal birth control killing people. A baby in the woom is not a person any more than a sperm going for an egg is, no matter what you say. They are both living things, and you are killing them both by using a means of anti-pregnancy, whether it be abortion and birth control.
Now, you also said that not giving abortion is a way of punishing the irresponsible parents. Do you really think this is intelligent, at all? If the parent is angry at the child for ruining their life, how happy do you think that child will be growing up? And if a person is so irresponsible to have an unwanted child, do you really think they'll be responsible enough to look up ways to get a child to a better home?
And if it is the parents mistake for having the child, I assume you are pro birth control/protection. This contradicts your statement about killing babies, because you are killing thousands of potential babies every time. Even married couples use protection and birth control, so don't give me anything about sex after marriage. It is a good idea to stay away from it until you are married, but you can still have an unwanted child after being married.
If there are technicalities during a birth, the mother dies. Are you saying that an innocent women is more suitable for death than an unborn child, which when it is killed doesn't even have a full brain or body yet?
And you have no problem eating cows, or if you're a vegetarian, plants. You're killing innocent beings there, even plants are living beings, and you are killing them for your benefit. It's no different here, the mother and father is "killing" a non sentient being for their benefit. You can't tell me a non born child is worth more than a plant, either, because they are nearly the same. Neither is concious of it's surroundings and both respond to stimuli. There's no difference between getting an abortion and chopping down a tree.
It's very unintelligent to ever use any sort of biblical reference to prove anything for two reasons. Reason A; people believe in different things, and there is no religion that is a majority of human beliefs, every religion is outnumbered by the others, so you'll never win like that. Reason B; You can use the bible to prove anything if you want to. People "prove" that "satan" is to be worshipped with the bible. People "proved" that committing suicide the night of haley's comet in mass would lead them to eternal bliss with Jesus on the comet. If I was motivated enough, I could counter every argument you make with an argument derived from the bible. I mean, didn't Jesus say, "Turn the other cheek"? So, technically, wouldn't the child not care if it is killed, because it is doing what Jesus said?
Do we really need more people than are WANTED in this world? I mean, we have enough already. World hunger, overpopulation, unemployment rates, there's just not enough to go around. The more people we have, the quicker we are going to destroy the planet, and then we wont have ANY more people. If a person isn't even wanted here, shouldn't we just save the planet one more person? I mean, if every child ever concieved is born, we will not only kill ourselves faster, but probably most other species on the planet. It's much less moral than killing a few developing embryos.
