Ayn Rand- Abortion

After reading how Ayn Rand feels about abortion I am quite surprised. She has completely stated that she believes it is up to the woman to decide how she will handle the situation. This is somewhat surprising and in some ways it isn't. After reading Anthem part of me would believe that she would argue that every being has a right and that the embryo has these same rights. In Anthem she makes people realize that the ego is really very important, and it is important to be an individual. She also expresses the importance of individual rights in Anthem. However she believes that an embryo is not "man" and therefore has no rights yet.
However, you can also see her expressing her feelings of individual rights because she feels that it is the right of the woman to make the choice for abortion. This gives the woman power to make her own choices and that is the philosophy that Ayn Rand lives.