Just my first thoughts when reading some of the post I see saying that a fetus doesn't have the right to live.
My question to you would be what has the fetus done wrong? Since we are comparing a fetus to mass murderers, rapists, terrorists, etc, what has it done to intentionally harm the life of another person? The killing of criminals could be justified but can the same really be said about a fetus?
Depends on the war honestly. Some had no good purpose and others were necessary as to prevent even more lives from dying. For ex: Having the Nazis killed can be justified when they were attempting to take over the world and destroy the "inferior race".
Actually it can be argued the fetus is the inferior race. It is looked down upon because it is not yet its strongest and people think that makes it ok to kill them. I am sure the Nazis had the same mentality during the Holocaust.
As for castle doctrine, lets just think about it. Are we going to let someone else take our life away without fighting back to protect ourselves? The answer is no. People don't break in just to say hello, they do it to commit a crime. Whether it is to kidnap a person, rape them, steal from them, or kill them. The only way it couldn't be justified is if the person wasn't breaking in, but that wasn't the scenario that you gave.
If it isn't wanted, then a man and a woman should not have had sex. No one can be surprised if the way to reproduce results in guess what...having a baby (I know big surprise)
Plenty of other ways to entertain yourself or show love to your partner that don't result in pregnancy. It just isn't a valid excuse. It is like people eating fast food every day and not exercising, then saying they don't want to be fat and have no clue how it happened. The person knew what was going to happen but refused to accept the results of the action.
First off less than one percent of abortions are because of rape or incest. Hard to think of anything else legal that was designed for less than 1% of the people it affects. Second according to a study on pregnant rape victims 75-85% chose against having an abortion. Small sample size (37 women) but really there are no other studies I could find. Here are some reason the study gave as to why these women did not wish to have an abortion:
Source: Mahkorn, "Pregnancy and Sexual Assault," The Psychological Aspects of Abortion, eds. Mall & Watts, (Washington, D.C., University Publications of America, 1979) 55-69.
So who is to say that abortion will lessen the scar as oppose to making it deeper?
Going back to the fetus not being wanted: Who is to say the fetus isn't wanted? Only 40% of unintended pregnancies in the US end with abortions. In China parents can only have one child, or two if one of the parents is an only child. Is that fair to those families, that abortion is not an option but is mandatory? What about homosexual couples that want children but can't reproduce themselves? Them and many other couples who can't have kids would happily adopt children. The other things is that people make mistakes or change their mind. Some parent(s) see the child and decide they want to keep it. If they are on the operating table having an abortion it is to late for them to turn back, but if they gave birth they could keep the baby if they wish to do so.
Allowing anyone to live is sparing them. Didn't you say a few post back that criminals should not have to face the death penalty? In that case why should a fetus face the death penalty? No one can make the choice of determining the life of the child. While some might think they are having a tough life they could very well be enjoying it. Who has never felt pain before? To say that someone shouldn't live because they might experience pain is a poor reason to execute someone. In that case kill everyone so they don't have to suffer from living on this cruel Earth