OTOH in the case of abortion you have the difference that you take direct action against the fetus in favor of the mother, instead of just being passive and "le

OTOH in the case of abortion you have the difference that you take direct action against the fetus in favor of the mother, instead of just being passive and "letting nature take its course". In terms of ethics that's a huge difference. In fact I'd argue that an uncontradictory absolutist position for body integrity is impossible in the case of abortion (assuming the fetus is considered human!), since the only absolute resolution technically isn't abortion, but rather premature birth and artificially keeping the fetus alive. Of course the disagreement between camps remains on when a fetus becomes human...