The language nitpicking seems like a grand way to miss the point being made and rather poetically make the exact same point at the same time.

The point being made is "I think a fetus is valuable." I get that. Duh. But even if everyone agreed, a fetus is still a different thing than a child. Believe it or not, there is hardly any disagreement about whether "abortion" of children should be legal.

Saying one thing while meaning another doesn't make the point, it obscures it.

Likening abortion to infanticide is akin to equating copyright violation with theft of tangible property.

It's an evocative analogy, but it seems like a deliberate category error to many.

Of course, I think safe inexpensive abortion is a great societal good, not a mild civil crime worthy of a hint of disapproval, so my analogy doesn't really hold up very well.