If we really want to determine whether fetuses are alive, why don't we just plug in whatever we use to measure whether people are dead?

It's not really a question of whether it is "alive" so much as a question of whether it is a human "life". No one says that cutting your hair and nails is murder, because they are part of you, not a separate person.

I fell in love with my baby when I saw it on the first possible ultrasound. I supported my pregnant girlfriend through all her moods, I considered her moods to be my baby's , and satisfied all her cravings, desires. She could always count on me, that's how you convince a woman to have your child, not by shaming her and criticizing her and making her feel trapped. Even if it was illegal, republicans wouldn't stop abortion, all they do is judge, and they are the ones more responsible for abortion

The focus is in the wrong place. The fetus IS alive, just as your big toe is alive. But killing it should not pose a problem.

HFS! This is one of the best statement/question/analogy/arguments I've read in a LGDT.