So please explain those portions of, IIRC Leviticus, that would imply a fetus is not of the same as an adult.
IIRC? Leviticus?
This really has absolutely nothing to do with dealing with dealing for recourse to injuries in the book of Leviticus. This has to do with a sure scientific knowledge of where life begins, and a value system that says human life at all stages is worth protecting. Once we start making exceptions, then life becomes unvalued, and is only precious where it can be used as a tool for the state. If you are too young, too old, or too sick to be of use, then you are a burden that can be justified by being put down.
That is not the American point of view. We have always cherished the worth of the individual, not as a tool, but because he was an individual. Each step proclaiming that life can be dealt with for convenience, such as abortion on demand, euthanasia for people who cannot speak for themselves, by some thought of quality of life as opposed to life itself changes the values which we founded this nation with.
This is why we fight for the right to life. Because we are NOT a cog in the socialist state.