"Not to derail the thread so soon [ cause I 'd like to learn and discuss as many reasons and basis as are out `` there `` for this position ( personally against but prochoice ) ] but .... What do you mean by `` fully human `` ? Why do you think the fetus is not fully human ? Also , why do you place any value in the life of a fetus ?"
"Partly because it is entirely dependent on one particular human being for its survival , after birth the baby can be looked after by pretty much anyone , before it is entirely reliant on one person , if that person dies , the feotus dies . I place value on the life of the feotus because it is close to human , it has the potential to become human . The closer any being is to being human the more value I tend to place on its life . I value monkeys more than I value cows , for example , I value cows more than I value mice , or rats . I would only kill cows for food , not for sport or because they were irritating . Mice I would kill or have killed if there was an infestation and I could n't get rid of them any other way , insects I 'm not too bothered about swatting if they annoy me . The feotus I consider to be close to human , closer than any other species and , whilst I consider it wrong to kill it , I can understand why others do n't and recognise that banning abortion also results in suffering and loss of life . It 's a difficult decision for me whether the loss of feotuses is balanced by the suffering prevented , lives saved and freedom promoted by keeping it legal ."
"Why do you think the fetus is not fully human ? Also , why do you place any value in the life of a fetus ?"
"Partly because it is entirely dependent on one particular human being for its survival , after birth the baby can be looked after by pretty much anyone , before it is entirely reliant on one person , if that person dies , the feotus dies . I place value on the life of the feotus because it is close to human , it has the potential to become human"