Of course I see the difference. But think of the perspective of the state here. The state must protect the life of the child, as it is a full citizen of the sta

Of course I see the difference. But think of the perspective of the state here. The state must protect the life of the child, as it is a full citizen of the state. When an infant dies of natural causes it's usually trivially simple to rule out murder. But in the case of miscarriage/abortion the procedure for early-term abortion simply causes a miscarriage. So in order to adequately protect the life of the child we'd need to be able to determine if the miscarriage was forced or not. What, in your view, is the ideal role of the state as a protector of life in this situation?