The jury consisting of Chris Alfonso, Jack Brosnihan, Shamrock Barrera, Ian Pizzimento, Owen Ryan, and Parker Firmin have been tasked to take and defend a stance on the legality of abortion and whether or not abortion up to the start of the third trimester should be legal. First, the killing of an innocent human being is wrong, even if that human has not been born is is eventually going to be born. Unborn babies are considered human beings by the US government. The federal Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which was enacted "to protect unborn children from assault and murder," states that under federal law, anybody intentionally killing or attempting to kill an unborn child should "be punished... for intentionally killing or attempting…show more content… "Conceptions rose by nearly 30 percent, but births actually fell by 6 percent, indicating that many women were using abortion as a method of birth control, a crude and drastic sort of insurance policy” (Megan McArdle, "Department of Awful Statistics," theatlantic.com, Oct. 16, 2007). This mentality represents abortion as an option for women to choose if birth control fails or the pregnancy is an accident. It treats life as disposable. Abortion is described as an insurance policy excuse it makes people think that they can have sex and not worry about the consequences because they can just go get an abortion…show more content… Ultimately mothers will choose to attempt an unsafe abortion on their own. There is great harm that could be inflicted on the mother and the fetus, especially if the abortion is incomplete or performed wrong by a mother attempting to “self abort”. The killing of a fetus is justified by the Double Principle Effect. Essentially, this principle, in particular to abortion says that the killing of the fetus is justified as long as the main goal is to save the mother. There should be no intentional attempt to kill the fetus. The only goal is to save the mother, even though you will inflict a death of the fetus. The health of the mother is the most important factor because the mother has a life which is of societal value. She is able to actively contribute to society while the fetus she is carrying is harming her and will not be able to produce a societal benefit until it is born. If the baby cannot be born without killing the mother, then the mother is
