Um... abortions are on purpose. That's different.

So instead of "murder" it's only something between Negligent Homicide and Manslaughter? Society punishes lots of accidents. A drunk who drives a car doesn't *want* to kill anyone.

If a fetus is a real person in a legal sense, then we should treat it that way. I.e. any woman who has a "miscarriage" needs to have her life pulled apart with a criminal investigation to see to what degree she was at fault. A pregnant woman who drinks or smokes is supplying alcohol or tobacco to a minor.

Or we could just admit we don't really want to treat a fetus as a person.