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Can ethical vegans be pro choice?

It seems to me that a (deontological or rule consequentialist) vegan would have to be against abortion in cases where there is no medical danger for the mother, as an unbornn child is at least on par with oysters etc. Is there a way out of this dilemma that is not speciesist?
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Vegans might be committed to the view that a fetus is a person/patient, but that doesn't entail being pro-life.  Many philosophers don't think the abortion debate depends on the personhood question, for instance JJ Thompson makes the case that even if a fetus is a person, that abortion is permissible (because woman's autonomy is more important, which she illustrates with various thought experiments).  

It's reasonable to think that animals/fetuses might have moral status, but not to the same degree as human beings (or more specifically, the mother).   A vegan might not think it is reasonable to raise & kill chickens for food, but still might hire an exterminator for bedbugs, and it isn't obvious, especially in the first trimester, that a fetus has more of the traits that contribute to personhood than a bedbug.  Warren (who doesn't believe a fetus is a person) compares a fetus to a guppie, which (if you're a vegan) doesn't mean the guppie deserves no moral consideration, but not as much as a human most likely.