Deep Ethics (cont.)

So, I'm back from work. Now back to the abortion question:
If there weren't any trained abortionists, there would be a lot of suffering. Women would have to either risk their health and lives in unsafe abortions (which would probably be more brutal and cause more pain for the fetus), or they would have to go through with the pregnancy (even if they had been raped) and that would not be easy. Then the child would either be raised by an unprepared and unwilling mother, or end up in the foster care system, where he/she could potentially be verbally, physically, and sexually abused. The population of the US would grow much faster, and there would be a huge increase in costs, leading to a decreased quality of life for everyone. It's also likely that the child would be born with birth defects since their mother never wanted the baby and most likely did not take care of herself as well as she should have during the pregnancy, and possibly even tried to terminate the pregnancy herself.
But now, it looks like I'm saying that killing one person is justified if it makes the lives of a lot of other people more convenient. I think that the world already works according to this idea. The lives of people in developed countries are so good because there are people working like dogs in lives of filthy misery. Our products are cheap, we can exploit desperate workers for cheap labor, etc. Like I said in the earlier post, we're fine with letting other people die so our lives can be more comfortable and enjoyable. It 's important to stop here and realize that I keep saying "killing a person", which may not totally apply to the case of abortion.
The fetus does not have a fully developed self consciousness, and it's debatable whether they can subjectively experience pain the way older children can. I think a ten week fetus is like a fish. It will respond to pain, and try to escape a threat. A fish, actually, is probably more aware of itself than a ten week fetus, according to some studies on fish intelligence. A 16 week fetus is likely much more developed, and a 30 week fetus is even more developed. So, as time goes by, killing the fetus becomes more like killing a person.
to be continued