A case can be made that early-term abortion is more similar to withdrawal of life-support benefits from the mother. The fetus cannot survive without that life support.
Post-birth, there is no question about the baby needing life support which only the mother can provide, since a woman who does not want to raise the kid can put the kid up for adoption.
This life support you speak of was not invented or put in place by men. It IS life. The life concerned has nothing BUT potential. Even if it were artificial it would be arguably correct as it would be in support of a life that would grow beyond just lying there, drooling.