This is monstrous, Congressman Thanedar. We have our dignity and basic rights--human rights--in virtue of our humanity, not age, size, or stage of development, anymore than race, sex, or ethnicity. Human dignity is inherent, not acquired. All of us have it, and we have it from the point at which we come into being; we do not lose it except by ceasing to be (i.e., by dying). On this principle--that of the profound, inherent, and equal dignity of each and every member of the human family--all else depends. It is the foundational principle of justice. If we bandon it, then all other claims of justice are rendered arbitrary ... and Thracymachus wins.
My favorite kind of abortion is the kind that's safe, legal, accessible, and none of your damn business to regulate.
And no amount of fearmongering by describing what goes on to a half-ounce fetus with no consciousness, self-awareness, or feeling of pain is going to change that.