


The tactical flaw made by the pro-life movement is seeking to reverse Roe v Wade via federal mandate.
Had the emphasis been at the state level, I suspect many if not most states would now prohibit abortion saving millions of lives.
I agree: the only question that matters is whether or not a fetus is human.
Let us, for a moment, suppose that the United States of America was not founded upon any religious beliefs, but rather the secular idea of freedom and liberty for all persons, a land in which everyone was free to practice whatever religion they felt like without any government pressure, as long as they did not intrude on the freedom of others. Beginning with this premise, we have no foothold from scripture granting us immediate justification for the personhood of the fetus.
It's obvious where this argument ends up if we embroider government legislation with Christian thought, but for a moment, can we please consider abortion from a stance everyone agrees with so everyone can live together? What proof have we of fetus sentience, without resorting to religious texts? This is where real conversation can start with those who hold different ideals than Christians.
Of course, this becomes an even more complicated issue if we start from this point, but so life goes. Is consciousness of the fetus our ultimate definition of personhood? What if the development of consciousness is layered; what if it's not an on-off switch or a lightbulb, but rather a complex process in which the definition of human sentience comes to play only halfway through or so? Are we to say that a registering of pain is enough proof; and if this is all we need, shouldn't we all be vegans? Considering such points, we realize even more base questions are coming into play: what does it mean to be human? Are we any different from animals?
Further, a side note: If all human life, to God, is precious, I would also hope that a follower of God would consistently hold to their pro-life views, and reject all war as well as the death-penalty.