++ [ originally posted by mikhail ] ++
The embryo is an organism which will, assisted and uninterrupted, grow into an adult human being. It is as much human as that adult, in the same way that all of the stages prior to adulthood are human. This is my opinion, and the cornerstone of the argument. If it is not true, my argument falls.
Granted, the issue is complex, but the mother's right to convenience does not, IMHO, outweigh a human right to life. Yet again, this is the fundamental difference in our positions.