First off, the people you're quoting on UBI are not the same people as you're quoting on calling fetuses parasites. If you find a sufficiently large group of people, you're going to find contradictory opinions among them. It would only become hypocrisy if it were the exact same people making the arguments, or supporting both policies. This is a basic part to whole fallacy.
Secondly, you're confusing metaphor and literal. The people are above are arguing that fetus are literal parasites (or pretty close at least). For argument's sake let's just agree that UBI reception equals metaphorical parasitism. That doesn't mean I have to have the same opinion on that as I do for literal parasitism.
For example, children can easily be thought of as metaphorical parasites (in most cases). Tapeworm are a literal parasite. I have a very different opinion on how each should be handled. Is this hypocrisy? I would think not.
This is an argument by analogy fallacy. Beyond the very abstract concept of one organism benefiting from another, these situations are so far removed from one another that it's ridiculous to suggest that an opinion on one should inform an opinion on the other.
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