Agreed. (I'd argue a manslaughter charge is warranted in the third trimester, but then abortion is generally not supported then either. If it's human enough to be beyond abortion, it's human enough to count for manslaughter.)

I think the problem is that if the child is wanted, it seems like a person to the parents much sooner than if it's not. Obviously that's subjective and you can't create laws based on that - but there's a very real loss in that case that feels like losing a person. Something "ought" to be done about it (I speak here, not legally or factually, but emotionally)...but how do you legislate for whether a child is wanted or not? Good grief, that makes no sense. But I think it's why the law is so bizarre around these two points.