It’s conceivable that you could choose to save fewer people in a given circumstance, even if you consider them all equally valuable.

Proponents are not basing the baby's right to life on abilities she will have in the future. We are basing it on the nature that all humans have from the moment they come into being.

After all, if a newborn can be a person with a right to life despite lacking self-awareness and rationality, then there’s no obvious reason why an unborn baby can’t be.