Instigator / Con
10
1387
rating
34
debates
22.06%
won
Topic
#560

Abortion is unethical

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
0
9
Better sources
4
6
Better legibility
3
3
Better conduct
3
3

After 3 votes and with 11 points ahead, the winner is...

Alec
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
1
Time for argument
Two days
Max argument characters
750
Voting period
Two weeks
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Pro
21
1596
rating
42
debates
63.1%
won
Description

Definitions:
Abortion: 1 : the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abortion

Criterion
Con
Tie
Pro
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

Pro uses sources to visually and factually back his points up on the fetus being human and the abortion being graphic-evidence-based immoral. Con baselessly asserts that babies are bad and that, therefore, abortion is immoral but this lacks one thing:

A Foetus, especially in all nations that have legalised abortion, is not a 'baby' for the first two trimesters. Pro doesn't respond to this or bring it up but because this is inherently important to the topic and something all voters are, by default, going to consider it is a flaw in Con's argument as no voter is plausibly going to read 'baby' and go 'foetus' in their brain if they are actually educated on the topic.

Criterion
Con
Tie
Pro
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

Con asserted that babies are bad without backing up this assertion and then concluded that we therefore ought to kill them which does not seem to follow from the afformentioned premise. While I disagree with Alec's views, he presented an argument that foetuses are humans, backed this up with evidence, and concluded that therefore abortions are immoral as they end the life of a human which seems valid to me. Therefore, arguments to Pro

Criterion
Con
Tie
Pro
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

Clearly a troll argument from con, that I do not believe I am obliged to accept. Short number of characters and rounds makes this hard to judge, but this goes to pro as con does not appear to have even tried