Meh. I used to love meat too, but I have to say I've never found it difficult to be a vegetarian, and I've been one for six years. The hardest part is when people at restaurants screw up my order and "accidentally" serve me meat. Other than that, it's not hard to avoid it.
As for the other subject, I'm probably going to get some flack for saying this, but I can't say I see rape, as horrible and scarring as it is, as justification for abortion. I do have a difficult time saying that with complete certainty, though. However, for the couple whose child was sure not to survive, I can certainly see an abortion in that case to be justifiable.