Abortion is a truly unique civil and legal issue. It may seem quite simple to you but I don’t think it’s that simple.
It’s also a question of who has the right to force a woman to carry a pregnancy to term? I do not advocate for abortion at all. I quit supporting a Republican pro-choice group because they wouldn’t denounce late-term abortion.
But the body of a woman is not the “property” of the state just because she becomes pregnant. If I had become pregnant at the age of 45 and had learned of a Down Syndrome condition, I do not know how I would have reacted. But I DO know that neither you, nor any other person outside my family, should be able to force me and my husband to make the choice according to your religious beliefs.
There is no way to compare the questions raised by abortion to murder, although I do agree with those who call late-term abortion “infanticide,” because of the obvious ability of the fetus/child to survive outside the womb. But before that stage of gestation, the mother’s body and the fetus/child are inseparable legal entities, in my opinion.
After birth, the child can survive as long as any adult is available to care for him/her. But the mother’s body does not belong to the state, either before, during or after pregnancy. Sorry.
And the baby’s body does not belong to you. Whether you like it or not, we all belong to the state in the sense that the state has a vested interest in protecting its citizens, even the tiniest of babies. Roe v Wade took that protection away from the babies, and thanks to NRTL, that lack of protection still exists today.
As far as my religious beliefs, you have no clue what my religious beliefs are. This has nothing to do with religious beliefs, but basic human beliefs. You contradict yourself. You say no one has a right to tell a woman that she has to carry a baby to term, yet you denounce late-term abortion. Can’t have it both ways.