A great deal of debate swirls around exactly when a fetus may be considered a human life, but it is impossible to deny that a fetus is alive. It follows that aborting a fetus is an act of killing. People who call themselves "pro-choice" might respond with indifference, yet they are the same ones who scream bloody murder whenever someone merely mistreats an animal, let alone kills one. Once again, this has to do with feelings rather than facts. Taking responsibility for sexual conduct and its consequences is hard; posturing in favor of animals is easy.
On a hypothetical note, if a woman may abort a fetus she is carrying without committing a killing (or a murder of an arguable human), then there is also no killing or murder if someone else terminates the fetus against the woman's wishes. The fetus is either alive or not, and terminating it is either killing/murder or not. Feelings once again do not change facts. To argue that they do is to play God and presume the ability to determine what is life worth preserving versus what is an inconvenience to be eliminated.
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