A distinct entity could survive without the host.
And it's far from a copout. I am 100% apposed to 3 trimester abortions as their is no logical reason to wait that long. But to argue that abortion should be illegal because it is tantamount to murder is being intellectually dishonest from a biological and legal sense. If you want to take a moral "high-road" on the subject due to emotion or religious belief, that is all find and dandy. I would gladly respect a person's opinion NOT to have abortion.
Honestly, the whole argue is fallacious to begin with.
It's wrong to kill innocent people.
Fetus' are innocent people
It's wrong to kill fetus'