It doesn't matter when life begins. It doesn't matter whether a fetus is a human being or not. That entire argument is a red herring, a distraction, a subjective and unwinnable argument that could not matter less. It doesn't matter whether we're talking about a fertilized egg, or a fetus, or a baby, or a five year old, or a Nobel Prize winning pediatric oncologist. NOBODY has the right to use your body, against your will, even to save their life, or the life of another person. That's it. That's the argument. You cannot be forced to donate blood, or marrow, or organs, even though thousands die every year, on waiting lists. They cannot even harvest your organs after your death without your explicit, written, pre-mortem permission. Denying women the right to abortion means we have less bodily autonomy than a corpse.
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I would argue that when anyone agrees to have sex that is actually permission to use your body for nine months and also be looked after i.e. be fed, clothed and educated, until they want to leave home.
The fact that you only want the fun part and not the next 18 or so years is not the baby's fault. It's yours.
There are fairly reliable ways to prevent conception but if that fails then you need to take responsibility.