I used that argument to show that the killing of human life alone does not qualify as murder.Agreed... but who needs defending here?
A self defense argument could be made also. The woman is acting to prevent a being from invading and using her body for 9 months. Even if the being was a full fledged person, does it have the rights to use her body without her consent?
The crux of the argument is that not everyone accept that a fetus is a child from day one. If it's nothing but a clump of cells, then destroying it has no moral implications.Even our judicial system makes distinctions in accountability, adults are tried differently than juveniles and children because they do not know better.