Abortion is love

[Losty]

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And yet you say a person is justified to kill someone in self defense...unless the "person" killing you is a fetus in which case it's no longer justified. I just don't see how you can say all life is equal if you think you can justify taking someone's life but not "someone" else's. It seems like a contradiction to me. Either all lives are equal or you can be justified in taking someone's life in certain circumstances. You cannot be justified in taking someone else's life unless their life has less value than yours. If their life has the same value as everyone else's then why can't all killing be justified?

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(JFTR, the reason I don't think it's justified in that case is because the fetus is not an instigator, but rather, he/she is another innocent bi standard.)  

Yes, I believe you can be justified in taking someone's life in certain circumstances, but not because their life is worth less than yours. Since it isn't. So yes, killing can be justifiable, but not for the reason that one life is worth more than the other. But rather, because you have the right to defend your own life (or someone else's) against an instigator. Because you have the right to life, if someone else is deliberately trying to take that away, you have the right to do whatever is necessary (but only what is necessary) to stop them. 

Perhaps it is your belief that the reason it's justified to kill someone who is trying to kill you, is because their life is worth less. But that is not my reason.

That's not the reason, I get that. I just can't wrap my mind around you saying that you can justify killing someone but their life is still just as valuable as yours. That makes no sense. I also don't understand how you can say that it's okay because you have the right to life, but then turn around and say you only have a right to live if your killer is intentionally trying to kill you. My brain is spinning with how complicated you will make things just so you can justify the things you would do while still being able to condemn the things you wouldn't do.
It reminds me of a philosopher I learned about in highschool who said that people base their morals off of their actions and not the other way around. I'm going to have to try and figure out who that guy was.