Poppet, not giving you an opinion on a poorly quoted statement is what grownups are suppose to do. Unlike some that boldly spew nonsense over poorly understood 2nd or 3rd hand accounts. I mean who would want to do something stupid like that?
You are the one who is saying that a fetus is a child. If you are saying that the entirety of a dictionary definition controls what can be called a child for the purposes of the law, then a silly, immature person must also be considered a child for the purposes of the law.
If you disagree with this reasoning, then you are the one being inconsistent.