On a more serious note, when there's an abortion, the fetus probably doesn't know what's happening. It doesn't regret its parents decision to abort it. It doesn't reflect on the life it could've had. It's probably not affected by the abortion emotionally. It's just snuffed out. The ones potentially hurt by the decision to abort or not are the parents, so they get to make the decision. They are the ones capable of reflecting on the situation mentally and emotionally so they are the ones who deserve the most consideration from a certain moral point of view.
When there's a circumcision, the one who (potentially) gets hurt is the kid.
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