Vegan views on Abortion

Abortion is a contentious issue, not only in the United States but much of the Western world, and while much discourse is political in nature and entails much rhetoric and frankly ignorance, it's still a huge topic for those educated in ethics.

Note that there isn't a "vegan" position on abortion, just like there aren't vegan positions on anything that isn't related to animal ethics. You will find vegans of all types with differing views on the matter, each with different motivations and reasoning.

Through a consequentialist standpoint that considers the preferences of sentient beings, while the fetus may have a small level of sentience and therefore some degree of preferences, the preferences of the mother carry far more weight due to her higher levels of sentience.

This is also a reason why the "My body, my choice" defense made by Pro-choicers is rather ignorant of the actual arguments against abortion; Pro-lifers don't accept this claim, because as far as they're concerned, a pregnant woman has a living being inside of her that is deserving of moral consideration. Of course, Pro-lifers are failing to establish a moral and cognition gradient

Of course, it isn't just the mother or the fetus that have e a preference in the matter, and that's where things become pretty hazy.