Having or not having a baby is not a trivial question of 'convenience' like choosing paper or plastic bags at the checkout.Originally Posted by Mr Earl
It is a life changing event. It is not something that should be forced on anyone to satisfy the irrational convictions of religious nutters who think something magic happens at conception.
A foetus has no knowledge of its own existence. It is not capable of fear about its demise or regret over all the plans it had for the future. These are human attributes which it does not have yet since it is not even close to being a fully formed human.
The interests of the fully formed humans in the situation (the pregnant woman and her sexual partner) are of higher importance since we democratically ascribe worthiness to the well-being and happiness of fully formed humans. If the pregnancy is an unwanted mistake the rights of these people mean that termination of the pregnancy should be allowed.