However, if abortion is murder then this argument has no merit. Legalizing abortion for this reason would mean forsaking the life of the victim for that of the criminal. Surely, this makes no sense. However, there are instances when both the mother and fetus could be seen as victims. Specifically, these include 1. pregnancy arising from rape or 2. if the life of the mother is seriously endangered by continuing the pregnancy.
Rape is certainly an egregious crime and is both emotionally and physically trying on the woman.
It is not hard to understand how carrying the fetus produced from this crime could be extremely challenging, even damaging. If the right to life truly is the most important right, and I have argued that it is, then no, she does not have this right. The same acid-test can be applied to the second situation, in which the mother's life is seriously threatened if she does not abort. In this case, both the woman's and fetus' right to life are threatened. As a society, I do not believe that we can judge which life is more valuable.