Instigator / Pro
4
1777
rating
79
debates
76.58%
won
Topic
#3059

A human fetus ought to be treated as a human

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Winner
4
0

After 4 votes and with 4 points ahead, the winner is...

Benjamin
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
One week
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Winner selection
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
0
1490
rating
1
debates
0.0%
won
Description

Human: a member of the species Homo Sapiens

BoP is shared.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Although the debate is a full forfeiture by Con, Pro wins the debate on a concise, and adequately supported argument by DNA evidence that the human fetus can be no other species than human, and is so by virtue of the unique humanity of the gametes, oocyte and sperm, each carrying half the full human genome.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Forfeiture.

It should however be mentioned, that this debate begs the question of how a human ought to be treated.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Full forfeit

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

I wish this were a seven point debate so I could just award pro conduct. The forfeits merit a pro win. No arguments made by con and pro did put some effort into his arguments.