I would argue I’m not ignoring the philosophical question of the fetus’s status. In fact, I would say it’s unreasonable to ignore the more important moral question at hand here: can we comfortably subvert the status of the woman and her personhood and rights in favor of something that is still developing, unconscious, and not quite yet a person? If so, what does that say about us as a society and how we regard women? To me, it implies we see women as less than human, less than people. But we would give those rights to a fetus, which to me seems highly irrational.

Your argument is also built off of fiction, not fact. Women in their third trimester do not suddenly change their mind and desperately want an abortion. Illegalizing abortion in the third trimester just makes it that more difficult when women have a medical need for an abortion during that time, which is pretty much always the case for such a late abortion. Women don’t gestate a fetus for six months and suddenly wake up and go “What a terrible idea! I want an abortion.” I think you need to read up on the facts and statistics a little bit more before you go around making unsubstantiated arguments, my friend.