abortion should be legal

I've retired from debating, but I'm actually not sure if I ever argued the other side to this issue (I do know that I have voted in favor of it often enough).

The wiki I started does have a lot of thoughts from me on the broad topic: https://debate.miraheze.org/wiki/Abortion_Arguments (I do need to get it better organized, I got sidetracked while building the subpages for pro-choice and anti-abortion, as much as some of their arguments are mapped out)

That said, assuming pro does not forfeit, I'd base much of my case around a scarecrow argument of twisting their case to be for all stages of pregnancy, and then lean in on the later half (not to say late term abortions, since those are so rare it's widely accepted it's for serious complications). Of course ham up the likelihood of the fetus feeling pain (not to say at all stages, since we know in early pregnancies they lack the mechanical ability to suffer). I think I'd also take an odd path of parroting certain politicians about the need for a servant class to bolster social security and such. Further, I'd of course talk shit about pedo politicians doing social experiments which result in so much teen pregnancy.

That said, one of my biggest opinions on this topic which is hard to properly incorporate into a debate is the need for prerequisite laws for anti-abortion laws to not be evil. >40% of abortions are for women below the poverty level, so things like free health care for anything baby related, would ease that burden, thereby making abortion less desirable (honestly, people who actually oppose abortion ought to focus on that).

Actually, that wouldn't be a bad way to go about this debate. Lean in on the SHOULD, with an alternative policy which would create a better world in which casual abortion is senseless.

I'd be interested to see you debate the other side of this.