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@TheUnderdog
You didn’t ACTUALLY read a damn word I wrote. 
Not a damn word. 
Each response you gave was a non sequitur. 
And I’ve already given, more than once, the legal (constitutional) argument how abortion, like the right to travel, marry interracially, etc. falls under “personal Liberty” rights/laws. 
Ffs, go back and read my replies AGAIN. Slower. Try to let the words sink in, and perhaps you will comprehend the fact based truth of it all. 
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No, you do not get to kill people. 
A pregnancy ≠ [a] person. 

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You didn’t ACTUALLY read a damn word I wrote. 
Not a damn word. 
That’s cap.

And I’ve already given, more than once, the legal (constitutional) argument how abortion, like the right to travel, marry interracially, etc. falls under “personal Liberty” rights/laws.
Personal liberty has limits, like I’m not allowed to slap you.

Ffs, go back and read my replies AGAIN. Slower. Try to let the words sink in, and perhaps you will comprehend the fact based truth of it all.
Try copying and pasting what your referring to; I’m not re reading dozens of responses.
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You’re lazy. You  can access my profile and look for my posts directed to/at you. I’m not going to repost them for you. 

Slapping someone has nothing to do with personal Liberty. 🤦‍♂️ It’s already covered by statute, you know, the one titled “assault.”

Now go read what I’ve already written to you and try again. 
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You’re lazy. You  can access my profile and look for my posts directed to/at you. I’m not going to repost them for you. 
You know what posts your referring too; I don’t.

Slapping someone has nothing to do with personal Liberty. 🤦‍♂️ It’s already covered by statute, you know, the one titled “assault.”
Nothing in the constitution outlawed assault.  Assault laws are up to the states, and every state banned it.
Now go read what I’ve already written to you and try again.
You seem very angry.  You should calm down.
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@TWS1405_2
A pregnancy ≠ [a] person.
A pregnancy = a person.
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Now go read what I’ve already written to you and try again.
You seem very angry.  You should calm down.

Unsubstantiated ad hominem used to deflect from your own ineptness. Duly noted. 

Again, go to my profile, click on forum posts and sort by thread and scroll in reverse date/time order. Even do a control F for key words to make it easier. It’s your responsibility, not mine. 
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That’s not a rebuttal argument. It’s childish. Try again. 
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That’s not a rebuttal argument. It’s childish. Try again.
Is a false statement. I dont see how you can possibly not know what pregnancy is. You didnt have any arguments. There was nothing for me to refute.
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Again, go to my profile, click on forum posts and sort by thread and scroll in reverse date/time order. Even do a control F for key words to make it easier. It’s your responsibility, not mine. 
This is an iPhone; I don’t have CTRL F as a feature.
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@Best.Korea
You clearly haven’t been following along in this discussion thread. I’ve proven conclusively that a pregnancy ≠ [a] person. Go back and read them. Otherwise you should C your way out of this A/B conversation. 
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More lazy excuses. It’s an option, not a requirement. 
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I’ve proven conclusively that a pregnancy ≠ [a] person.
Is a false statement. You should really stop lying so much. It doesnt do you any good. I would recommend you to google why pregnancy is needed for persons to exist, for life to exist...ect.
I dont see how can you possibly not have this basic knowledge, unless you are a young kid. I dont see why would an adult even have the need to make up those blatant lies, unless being a morally questionable woman  or an employee of planned parenthood.
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Fiction sure is fun in your world of idiocracy. 
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Fiction sure is fun in your world of idiocracy.
Is a false statement. This is a consequence of parents not telling their children how they were made.
You began when your dad came inside your mom, when they had sex. Before that you were in the balls. Simple story, really.
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@Best.Korea
Repeating yourself won’t make your idiocy any more factual. It remains factually inaccurate. 
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No, letting the government decide would mean that we the people wouldn't get to vote on it. 
We don't get to vote on it. The politicians in government, which is what the government is, are passing these laws restricting abortion. That's called... The government deciding.

There is hardly a single state anywhere in the country where a referendum would result in abortion being banned. Even Kentucky supported a women's right to choose overwhelmingly.

I think you mean is murder capital punishment
No, I meant what I said. Is capitol punishment, as in execution by the state... according to your definition... murder? It's a very simple question.

If no, why not?

What about a man in a coma? 
A man in a coma has all of the qualities I listed. The difference is that those qualities are laying dormant, it's no different than when we're asleep.

If the prognosis on the man is that he will never wake up, then he is regarded as a vegetable and his life can be legally ended at any time.

And let's not forget the biggest difference here...  the man in a coma is not relying on anyone else's body to remain alive.

You think of this as women just being quiet, and the men are doing all of the decision making, but you don't point out all of the women who are pro-life.
Because women are overwhelmingly pro choice. The only reason there is any serious discussion in this country over whether abortion should be legal is because of men.

The consequences of women engaging in sex, is that there is a possibility that she might get pregnant, which might be a good or a bad thing for that specific woman. So, women should be vigilant when having sex, because of that possibility.  

I'm not saying that women should know better, I am saying that women should be smart when having sex, because sex is a bigger deal than most people make it out to be. 
No, you're making it out to be a big deal, because you are imposing on others that they must carry an unwanted pregnancy to term.

There is nothing else about sex that is a big deal in any way that is not entirely subjective, hence why this whole conversation about responsibility is circular. You make it out to be a big deal and then justify harsh impositions on others because of their lack of regard for the big deal you made it out to be.
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Well, the excuse that they would have been exactly the statement you brought up. 
"What if they don't know about the consequences of having sex?"
That is not an excuse.
Why would that be an excuse? One presumes that one makes excuses to escape accountability. But a female is not accountable to anyone when deciding to have sex. You're arguing that she is. And I'm asking you to justify that, without presuming that she already is.

It would be the same as murdering someone based just off of convenience. If you don't like someone in your life and you murder them to get rid of them, that is wrong. Like let's say you have a roommate. You hate them so much and it inconveniences you. They haven't done anything necessarily wrong; you just don't like them. 
In this situation you have no right to kill them, for your own convenience. 
This isn't apropos. Murder is wrong because one is initiating and acting out in aggression, infracting on another's right to oneself. When a pregnant woman carries out an abortion, she merely maintains the right to herself--her unborn child's surviving or not notwithstanding. It's not the same at all.

For many reasons:
1.) If you're not ready for a child then you won't be prepared to raise your own child in the best way possible, and given you want the best for them, that won't help you at all if you don't at least have some sort of a plan for what you are doing. 
2.) Finacial reasons, because babies' cost a lot of money, and if you're not financially ready for a baby, then that is going to negatively impact you, your husband (if you have one) and the baby. 
3.) Mental reasons, because taking care of a baby takes a lot of time and effort, and again given you want what's best for your child, you want to be able to provide for them, care for them, love on them, in order to raise them in the best way possible, and if you're not ready to do that, well that's not going to turn out well for you or your child. 
All of this can be mitigated with a legal abortion.

At the moment in some states yes, she is not obligated. What I am arguing or rather stating is that she should be obligated to do so, unless some other factor like rape or incest, because to do otherwise would be murder, which might not hold on to legal standards, but it does by moral ones. 
I am not arguing what the law says, I am arguing what the law should say, and why by moral standards it should say that, and even further enforce it. 
Since you're arguing that she should be obligated, you have to justify the obligation--especially since it excludes her interests over her body. You may argue the unborn child is an innocent human life, and I won't dispute that, but why should that matter to her, much less justify the coercive submission of her body? Explain the reason her knowing the consequences eliminates her authority over the use of her body. Why does her being raped or a participant in incest allows for her autonomy, but her consenting to a non-incestuous relationship disallows it? Does she even have a say?

Yes, and part of being an adult is putting your own interests aside in order to grow in society, family or not. 
No, it most certainly is not. Being an adult does not mean putting your own interests aside. I don't intend to get in argument over the abstractness of "adulthood" given that individuals can choose to express themselves however they see fit at whatever age. But nothing during one's period necessitates to "put one's own interests aside."

If you are asking why a mother owes her child anything, then what the hell are you talking about?
A mother owes almost everything to that child. She brought them into this world, the baby did not force itself into this world. It was by a decision she made, that another life was conceived, and that child deserves the right to life.
Exactly. So why does the mother OWE the child? She in part conceived it; she in part is responsible for the creation of its life. She provides the labor that goes into birthing it. If anything, the child owes her. The womb does not belong to the child; the mother gifts it, not submits it because she's indebted. And should she decide to help rear her child into adulthood, then that would be a gift as well. This represents the key difference between your argument and mine: you maintain that the unborn child is entitled to its mother's resources; I do not. I maintain that it is only moral for the mother to submit her womb if and only if she provides the use of it voluntarily as a gift to her unborn child. Her body is always her body. And this is not subject to circumstance or pretexts.

That is not how abortions work at all. Abortions work by first making a slice through the back of the fetus's head and sucking out all of the brains.
That is not how all abortions are conducted, though they do not mitigate the horrid method you've described.

Well, why on earth would you abort it rather than give it up for adoption? It's the least you can do as a biological mother, when you first brought the child into the world. Why wouldn't you at the least give it a chance to live. Giving it up for adoption, or at least leaving it alive, is giving it more of a chance, than literally killing the thing. People who don't give human life a chance to live are the ones who don't care for human life and are the selfish ones. 
Honestly, I personally agree with some of what you've said. But my personal opinion does not at all qualify or modify a person's right to themselves. My opinion can only serve as a premise in persuasion or as a modifier or qualifier in my own body, resources, and decisions.

Legally she has the right to do that. Morally she has no right to do anything of the sort. How on earth are you going to deny entry to a child the use of your body, when you are the one who put them there in the first place?
Even if we entertain that she "put it there in the first place," it does not produce an entitlement that an unborn child, or proxy, can exercise to the exclusion of its mother's interests.

So, when you get into your car, you are consenting the possibility that you might get into a crash.
No you don't. Acknowledging the possibility of a car crash is NOT THE SAME as "consenting" to it. If we were to apply your reasoning, no one would be accountable for vehicular homicides because one would "consent" to death when they enter their car.

So, if you don't want to crash, and assure that you never get into a crash, then don't drive. Otherwise, be prepared.
And the parties involved in the crash can deal with the aftermath of the crash however they choose because their cars are their property.

I'm aware of some of the methodologies without having to re-watch the gruesome imagery.

If you kill yourself, (for whatever reason it may be) you are being selfish in that act, because you are putting your pain and suffering before others, and that is wrong.
How is it wrong?

She consented to herself. She told and agreed with herself to make that decision. Also, to whatever man she had intercourse with. 
Yes, she is presumably consenting when having sex under the circumstances about which we discuss. But once again, acknowledgement =/= consent.

1.) Of course, the mother's womb belongs to her. I never said it didn't. What I said was that she gave over her womb when consenting to sex to the possibility of a pregnancy. So, it is her womb, but she gave access to another life. 
No she does not. That is merely a platitude used to justify coercing her. If she seeks an abortion, then she obviously did not give over her womb. Even if she is in part responsible for how the zygote/embryo/fetus occupied her womb, it does not mean she's liable to submit her womb to the zygote's/embryo's/fetus's use. Her womb never stops being her womb. And as long as it's her womb, it is up to her to dictate how it's used.


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Life is not created at conception. You can call it reproduction. Life existed before conception. That's why this term procreation is really just about  confusion. Then there's needless controversy over where or when "life starts".
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And B, (I am not quoting from your analogy, I am claiming what the actual situation would have to look like in order for your analogy to hold ground) I did not knock on the door for you to let me in. You put me in that house. I had no intention of going to the house, nor did I ever say I wanted to go into the house. Also, I was never in a blizzard before I entered your house, I was never in a dire situation before going into your house. 
And according to how abortions actually work, you wouldn't of just pushed me out of the house, you would have shot me or killed my yourself. 

You put me in that house without my permission then proceeded to kill me for whatever reason. 
That is how the analogy would work if lined up right. 
Alright, let's entertain this scenario. Let's say that I put you into my home. There was no blizzard before you entered. You are inside my home for about half an hour before I decide to kick you out into a blizzard that started after you had entered my home. You succumb to the blizzard and die. Did I kill you?

Now the blizzard is a metaphor for the environment in which a zygote/embryo/fetus is inviable. And yes, I'll continue to state that I'm kicking you out as opposed to shooting you because you're not being honest about the available methods of abortion, one in particular which does not include the destruction of the zygote/embryo/fetus. Furthermore, without permission is irrelevant because you are a proxy for zygotes/embryos/fetuses who do not have agency, much less the capacity to grant anything permission.

Your home is your home, but you put me in your home without my consent and then shot me. That is an analogy for the logic of abortions. 
So does my putting you in my home grant you the right to occupy my home against my wishes? Even if you were to argue that I had kidnapped you, would you be able to justify occupying my home and consuming my resources against my will? Or that I owe it to you to provide you shelter and resources?

Ok, well in that case, I could argue that the beneficiary the husband who might not want the abortion to happen. 
The father/boyfriend/husband has no more right to the mother's womb than the zygote/embryo/fetus.

Listen, your argument is solid, but what you are saying without saying it is that the mother didn't choose for the fetus to exist, the mother didn't give consent whilst having sex to the possibility of getting pregnant, and that abortions are simply just letting a baby survive on its own. These claims are all incorrect and give your argument a disadvantage. 
I'm not saying that at all because I don't believe any of that qualifies her right to her womb. Even if she knew, and decided that she would go along with the pregnancy, but decided three or four weeks into it that she no longer wanted to do it, it would still be up to her to dictate how her womb is used because her womb is always her womb. She does not have to submit it against her own interests.

Personally, I despise abortion for many of the reasons you've listed. But the right to self is FUNDAMENTAL, and the basis for ALL RIGHTS. If one creates an inconsistency, one will undermine it. If one undermines it, then one can no longer maintain it.
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Sorry it was so long I had to put it into two posts lol. 
No problem. I honestly don't mind lengthy reads.

YOU LITERALLY.....................you know what.............................never mind I will just let you look stupid. 
It's alright. No need for either of us to assume the burden of his lack of decorum. His behavior has already received more attention than it deserves.

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Skin cells still have human DNA.  I fail to see the relevance of the DNA being unique or not.  If there was a human with my exact DNA, they are a seperate human being. 
I never stated that skin, hair, or sperms cells didn't have human DNA; I stated that they didn't have distinct DNA. Not to mention, I also alluded to the fact that they--i.e. zygote/embryo/fetus--like us, undergo a 27 year period of growth and development. Furthermore, during that period of growth, they develop brains, their own skin cells, their own sperm/egg cells, hair cells, limbs, etc. You can't just leave that part out.

If a new cell is created in my right arm with unique human DNA, that’s not a human being.
That might be cancer.
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Life is not created at conception. You can call it reproduction. Life existed before conception. That's why this term procreation is really just about  confusion. Then there's needless controversy over where or when "life starts".
You clearly failed basic high-school biology class. 

A new human organism is created at conception, and that conception meets the basic scientific biological criterion for "life." 
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Nope. Rapists should be castrated and killed.
Your a virtual rapist and lack morals of a fa good Christian frog.

Keep your friggin nose out of pregnant womens business before you start developing warts from your immoral behaviour. Sic-n-head


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YOU LITERALLY.....................you know what.............................never mind I will just let you look stupid. 
It's alright. No need for either of us to assume the burden of his lack of decorum. His behavior has already received more attention than it deserves.
That is EXACTLY what a snowflake would say. 
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Life is not created at conception. You can call it reproduction. Life existed before conception. That's why this term procreation is really just about  confusion. Then there's needless controversy over where or when "life starts".
Spermazoa and egg both alive. Old news for those with access to Meta-space mind/intellect/concepts and no ego based mental blockages to truth.  There are a few  at DArt who have little understanding of the differrence between truth and false narrative 
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Cell specialization; zygotes, embryos, and cancer cells all have human DNA but aren’t specialized, so they aren’t human.  A fetus does have its cells mostly specialized, so they are human.
Specialized cells are just more advanced cells, with specific traits.

That means that cells that make up the zygotes would be the same as the cells that make up the fetus, but the only difference is that they would be that they are working differently, to keep up with development.

You stated: "A fetus does have its cells mostly specialized, so they are human."
At what specific point does one become a human?
There has to be a certain point, yes?

In order for abortion to be legal, there has to be a certain cutoff point, yes?
And by all means, that cutoff point should most definitely be when a human being with value comes into existence correct?
So, in order for abortion to be legal, and morally ok to have, you would have to explain to me when exactly that cutoff point exists. 
There has to be definitive point. Otherwise, it is just a guessing game on whether the child is truly alive or not, yes?

If you have the ability to save someone’s life and you don’t, you’re letting them die.  I have the ability to send all my money to Africa to help children and to prevent them from dying of starvation.  But I don’t.
But this comes to a crossroads. 
If you spend all your money giving to the poor, now your poor, and if the whole world keeps this cycle going, then there will always be poor and wealthy people.

Also, you just answered your own question:
Your question:
What’s the difference between killing a human being and not taking care of them, leading to their death?  Killing vs letting die.  It’s possible, but just possible that killing is worse than letting die.
Your answer:
If you have the ability to save someone’s life and you don’t, you’re letting them die.  I have the ability to send all my money to Africa to help children and to prevent them from dying of starvation.  But I don’t.

I just strongly disagree with that; I would kill one person to save 4 if I valued all people equally.  90% of the population agrees with me.
If you decided to pull that lever, then you are purposefully involving yourself in a situation where you didn't have any obligation to be involved with in the first place. Also, with this side, you are arguing with most villains in certain genres.
You are arguing that the ends justify the means. 

Mr. Beast did this poll where he asked people, “Would you press a button that killed someone and you got $1 million for it?”  45% of the population said they would.  Now my position is, “I would do it for $1 billion, but then use some of the money to save more people from more painful deaths, leading to more lives saved than killed and I still have a lot of money.”  Nothing that lasts a finite amount of time has infinite value, including the human life.
45% of the population is still less than half. 

Even if you were to use that money to benefit others poverty, that still wouldn't be justifiable, because again you are arguing that the ends justify the means. 

You can make the living conditions as horrible as you want in prison, if 1/6 people are in jail, it’s going to be extremely expensive to take care of them all.
There should be a place where if you commit a crime, you should be imprisoned. Not all crimes should be punishable by death, they should be punished by imprisonment which is a tactic that has worked for centuries. The living conditions don't have to be good, just enough for the inmates to live long enough to survive prison. 

Are you suggesting that we get rid of prisons, and enact the death penalty on all who break the law?

I don’t believe I said that.  I believe that we should kill the very bad prisoners (murderers, rapists, kidnappers, people that bring fetanyl in the country), and impose alternative sentences for lesser crimes (so if your crime is a DUI for example, you get lashings).
All lashing will do is leave a scar on you, not enough to kill or torture you for long. Lashings also will heal. 
Prison and the psychological things it will do to you, will not heal. That is why it is very effective. 

They put themselves in that situation because of men like you having sex with them.  If you don’t want a pregnancy, don’t have sex.
My point exactly. If a female doesn't want a pregnancy and they want a 100% guarantee of that, then the only way to do that is to not have sex.


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We don't get to vote on it. The politicians in government, which is what the government is, are passing these laws restricting abortion. That's called... The government deciding.

There is hardly a single state anywhere in the country where a referendum would result in abortion being banned. Even Kentucky supported a women's right to choose overwhelmingly.
Yes, the politicians that we the people voted for. 

Also take a look at Texas. 

No, I meant what I said. Is capitol punishment, as in execution by the state... according to your definition... murder? It's a very simple question.

If no, why not?
Ohhh my apologies. 

Well, no it is not, because whatever crime was committed according to the law is punishable by death, and the criminal that understands this knowledge, has committed the crime despite the punishment by death law, therefore, there is a justifiable reason for this killing.

Murder, is:
"The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another:"

Capital punishment is not unlawful and is held up to the law's standards. 

If the prognosis on the man is that he will never wake up, then he is regarded as a vegetable and his life can be legally ended at any time.
Ok, well let's say that the doctors say that the man will definitely wake up in about 9 months, but without any memory of his life whatsoever. Is it then ok to kill him?
A man in a coma has all of the qualities I listed. The difference is that those qualities are laying dormant, it's no different than when we're asleep.
If qualities define a human, then what quality's do born humans have that unborn humans don't have that makes them human, and why do those qualities make them human. 

And let's not forget the biggest difference here...  the man in a coma is not relying on anyone else's body to remain alive.
Yes, but he is relying on a human medical staff to keep him alive, and also either his own or others time and money to keep him alive. 

Because women are overwhelmingly pro choice. The only reason there is any serious discussion in this country over whether abortion should be legal is because of men.
Tell that to:
  • Sen. Martha McSally
  • Sen. Kelly Loeffler
  • Sen. Joni Ernst
  • Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
  • Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
  • Former Rep. Cynthia Lummis
  • Lila Rose
  • Marjorie Dannenfelser
  • Charmaine Yoest
  • Penny Nance
  • Kristan Hawkins
And many other famous women spoke persons who are pro-life. 

No, you're making it out to be a big deal, because you are imposing on others that they must carry an unwanted pregnancy to term.
That literally didn't even refute my argument, it just repeated what you previously stated.

There is nothing else about sex that is a big deal in any way that is not entirely subjective, hence why this whole conversation about responsibility is circular.
Things about sex that is a big deal:
Creates human life.
Is the only way we can reproduce.
Creates emotional bonds between men and women. 

Also, you are the one making the argument circular when you just repeat things rather than refute them.
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Why would that be an excuse? One presumes that one makes excuses to escape accountability. But a female is not accountable to anyone when deciding to have sex. You're arguing that she is. And I'm asking you to justify that, without presuming that she already is.
She is literally accountable to herself and her own wellbeing. 

You are arguing that women are not accountable to anyone, therefore should be able to have sex whenever they want to without any consequences. This is not reality. Women and men have to be held accountable for their actions. Men can't go having sex whenever they want, because they are endangering a woman that might not want a pregnancy. Women can't go having sex whenever they want, because they are endangering themselves if they don't want a pregnancy or are not ready for one yet, by their own choice. 

This isn't apropos. Murder is wrong because one is initiating and acting out in aggression, infracting on another's right to oneself. When a pregnant woman carries out an abortion, she merely maintains the right to herself--her unborn child's surviving or not notwithstanding. It's not the same at all.
Again, abortion is not letting the baby survive on its own it is ripping it apart limb from limb, and then sucking out its brains. 

Also murder:
the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another:
It's not aggression. Murder does not always have to be for the reason of aggression. One might be hired to murder another, but not have any aggression toward that person. 

Also, when you get an abortion, you are infracting on another's right to oneself, because that child in the womb is living human.

All of this can be mitigated with a legal abortion.
At the cost of a human life. 

Since you're arguing that she should be obligated, you have to justify the obligation--especially since it excludes her interests over her body.
No. The "interests over her body" she already chose, when having sex. Not after when she is carrying a baby. 
It does not exclude her interests over her body, because she already let someone into her body, therefore giving up her body for sex, therefore giving up her body for the possibility of pregnancy, and if she can't live with that, then she is legally able to get an abortion, but then she is not allowed to not call it murder. 

 You may argue the unborn child is an innocent human life, and I won't dispute that, but why should that matter to her, much less justify the coercive submission of her body?
Because to do otherwise would be murder. I don't care if you don't care about another person, or even hate them. You still don't get to kill them because of that. Also, she already had submitted her body when having sex. 

 Explain the reason her knowing the consequences eliminates her authority over the use of her body.
If you know the rules of the law, and the law states if you mass murder people, then you get the death penalty for mass murdering people, then it's safe to say that if you mass murder people, you are going to get the death penalty. 
You knew the consequences and your decisions took control over your body. 

If you mass murder people, you lose the right to life, whether you want the authority over the use of your body or not. 

Why does her being raped or a participant in incest allows for her autonomy, but her consenting to a non-incestuous relationship disallows it?
A rape was not her decision, but consenting was her decision.
The rape argument goes mostly in the direction of morals and what you believe is morally right but is usually considered a different topic when it comes to abortion.

There is consensual sex abortion, then rape and incest abortion. 

Same topic, but different argument. 

No, it most certainly is not. Being an adult does not mean putting your own interests aside. I don't intend to get in argument over the abstractness of "adulthood" given that individuals can choose to express themselves however they see fit at whatever age. But nothing during one's period necessitates to "put one's own interests aside."
Really? Because I would say that part of becoming an adult means maturing at least to an extent. And with maturing comes with sacrificing your comfort for something more important like living in society. And I would argue that a lot of people's interests are sitting around all day and doing nothing with the occasional party and hanging out with friends. But you have to put those things aside in order to become an adult. 

Exactly. So why does the mother OWE the child? 
I will answer your question with your questions:
she in part is responsible for the creation of its life.
By her own choosing. The child never agreed to this choice. 
She provides the labor that goes into birthing it.
Again, by her own choice. 
 If anything, the child owes her.
Really? To owe someone else something, that usually means that the person owing the other person did something first. The thing is though, is that the baby never:
1.) Chose to exist. The mother chose that for them.
2.) Chose to cause pain to the mother. The mother chose that for herself.

So, to say that the baby owes the mother is very unrealistic, given that all the baby did was exist, and that wasn't even their own choice, that was again..........the mother's choice. 

If you as a person make a choice, whether it be good or bad, you have to follow through with that choice, whether you like it or not. 

To explain it in simpler terms, you don't get to create something, then say it owes you something. 

 The womb does not belong to the child; the mother gifts it, not submits it because she's indebted.
Yes, the mother gifts the womb to the child by her own choice. 
And again, when you make a choice (especially when creating human life) you have to commit to that choice whether it be easy or hard.
So, by submiting yourself to a man whilst having sex, you are submitting your body to the possibility of a human being. And to create that being, then take it away would be murder. To create life then destroy it would not only be a waste of a life, but also the removal of a life. 

And I will reply to the rest of your argument, just give me a little bit, because it is very late for me, and I am not going to be able to finish this in time lol.

So please don't respond until I finish my rebuttals.
Thank you. 
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You stated: "A fetus does have its cells mostly specialized, so they are human."
At what specific point does one become a human?
The scientists can't agree according to chat gpt, so I have to be unsure.

If you spend all your money giving to the poor, now your poor, and if the whole world keeps this cycle going, then there will always be poor and wealthy people.
If you give your money to the poor, you get more money from your job and you use it to subsidize the poor (if human life was worth saving no matter what).

If you decided to pull that lever, then you are purposefully involving yourself in a situation where you didn't have any obligation to be involved with in the first place. Also, with this side, you are arguing with most villains in certain genres.
I'm saving more people, so I would kill one person to save 5 equally valuable people.

45% of the population is still less than half. 
It's still a huge chunk of the population (that would use the money exclusively for their own selfish purposes, whereas I would use some of it to save more people and keep the rest).  I think 90% of the US population would kill one person to save 5.

There should be a place where if you commit a crime, you should be imprisoned. Not all crimes should be punishable by death, they should be punished by imprisonment which is a tactic that has worked for centuries. The living conditions don't have to be good, just enough for the inmates to live long enough to survive prison. 
I still don't want my tax dollars paying for it.

All lashing will do is leave a scar on you, not enough to kill or torture you for long. Lashings also will heal. 
A lashing is a lot of short term pain that people remember so they are less likely to re offend.  Prison makes you unemployable, so you end up committing more crime so you can be in jail with taxpayers taking care of you.  But lashings also heal quicker than a prison sentence, so I support replacing prison sentences with lashings for minor crimes.

They put themselves in that situation because of men like you having sex with them.  If you don’t want a pregnancy, don’t have sex.
My point exactly. If a female doesn't want a pregnancy and they want a 100% guarantee of that, then the only way to do that is to not have sex.
I was telling YOU that if YOU (a male) don't want a pregnancy, you shouldn't have sex.  Straight women only have sex because of horny men like you.  If you don't want to risk your girlfriend getting an abortion, don't have sex with her.  I'm a virgin and it's great; I've never had to worry about STIs or pregnency.