[31reasons]

I agree with your point about anthropomorphizing. When you draw stark boundaries between mother and fetus at a biological level the fetus could be termed as adversarial but from holistic point of view the fetus becomes man or a woman and carries human race forward (in time) and also becomes part of immediate family where they create wonderful memories with their parents.

[XorNot]

And all the pretty language in the world doesn't remove the very real dangers to the mother's life during pregnancy which we have only very recently had a decent handle on.