A fetus is still a form of human life, granted it can't think or really feel much. However, abortion requires killing the fetus. If a fetus is still a form of human life, and abortion is killing the fetus, and murder is taking a human life, then abortion is murder. Now think about this, in answer to your question on keeping the fetus safe, are murder victims ever "safe" when they are murdered? If they were, they would never have been murdered in the first place...