Please tell me how this pertains to something with no awareness whatsoever, and no interest in the continuity of its own existence? A dog at least has that. They feel pain, which is why we protect them from harm. They desire to continue living. A ZEF can't do that any more than my kidney can.
First of all, bull****. Prove it.
Second of all, for the sake of argument, I will assume this is true. And you think this isn't true of a 9-month old fetus? And before you start going on about how "i'm not talking about a 9 month old fetus, i'm talking about an embryo". No, you're not. You are the one contending that there is no difference between giving birth to a fetus or terminating a fetus. Therefore, if the two actions are truly equivalent, there should be no difference between giving birth to a 9 month-old fetus and terminating a 9 month-old fetus.
You initially claimed its ok to terminate a fetus on the basis that it cannot consent. Then, after my counterexample, you moved away from "consent" and moved to "it's not ok to kill a living organism if its sentient and seems to have a desire to live." Is this is not a correct interpretation as to why you think it's not ok to kill a dog in cold blood, feel free to correct me.
If that is an accurate interpretation, would you say that conditional applies to a 9 month old fetus?
If your answer is no, then why not? What leads you to conclude that a dog has a desire to live and is sentient, but that a 9 month old fetus does not and is not?
If you answer is yes, then you must agree that terminating a 9 month old fetus is not equivalent to giving birth to a 9 month old fetus. Therefore, giving birth and abortion are not morally equivalent actions.
Again, how is it more justifiable to force life on something than it is to not grant life? Why is everyone ignoring this point?
Again, there is a simple counterexample to demonstrate the difference. In keeping with the dog theme, let's suppose your dog develops heartworms. You think there's no difference between giving your dog heartworm medication and letting it die?
I'm guessing your answer will be the same as to my last counterexample - that dogs desire to live and are sentient, therefore we should give them heartworm medication. In which case my rebuttal circles back to my above remarks.