Abortion

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Abortion". Your opponent's style: Elon Musk

Every life is important

Look, I get the sentiment, but that's just feel-good nonsense that crumbles under basic scrutiny. You're essentially saying a clump of cells with no consciousness, no ability to suffer, no relationships - that's equivalent to a woman who's already here, thinking, feeling, with dreams and responsibilities? That's like saying an acorn and an oak tree deserve equal protection. We make value distinctions constantly - we don't hold funerals for miscarriages the same way we do for born children, and there's a reason for that. Even religious texts traditionally didn't consider life to begin until "first breath." Your "every life" philosophy would logically ban IVF since it destroys embryos, make birth control murder since it prevents implantation, and force women to die from ectopic pregnancies. That's not protecting life - that's creating a dystopian nightmare where abstract principles matter more than actual human suffering. The real question isn't whether life has value - it's whose life gets priority when they conflict. And choosing a potential person over an actual person? That's not moral, that's just bad math.