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Thank you Low Key Loki and thank God there were no threats on my life this time around like there were in the aphorism argument.

Lately the post count has been relatively low in this thread so in the hopes of stimulating more exchange I am picking a controversial argument this time around.

Those in favor of abortion say that it is a woman's right to choose.Those opposed to abortion state that a woman has no right to kill an unborn child. The unborn child has a right to life. Argue these positions in light of the following:

"According to a recent report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) up to 50 million girls and women are missing from India' s population as a result of systematic gender discrimination in India. In most countries in the world, there are approximately 105 female births for every 100 males. In India, there are less than 93 women for every 100 men in the population. The accepted reason for such a disparity is the practice of female infanticide in India, prompted by the existence of a dowry system which requires the family to pay out a great deal of money when a female child is married. For a poor family, the birth of a girl child can signal the beginning of financial ruin and extreme hardship. However this anti-female bias is by no means limited to poor families. Much of the discrimination is to do with cultural beliefs and social norms. These norms themselves must be challenged if this practice is to stop.

Diagnostic teams with ultrasound scanners which detect the sex of a child advertise with catchlines such as spend 600 rupees now and save 50,000 rupees later. The implication is that by avoiding a girl, a family will avoid paying a large dowry on the marriage of her daughter. According to UNICEF, the problem is getting worse as scientific methods of detecting the sex of a baby and of performing abortions are improving. These methods are becoming increasing available in rural areas of India, fuelling fears that the trend towards the abortion of female foetuses is on the increase."
from female foeticide--the killing of unborn girls

In light of this how can you possibly justify abortion? Any arguments regarding abortion must address female foeticide in India or they will not be considered.