@CP3S...No worries. Frankly, I enjoy debating you as long as we haven't gotten on each other's nerves too much. You argue well, and it takes a lot of thought to try to rebut your ideas :) But I do feel that the philosophy and practicality of this situation is so intertwined that to separate them would oversimplify a supremely important issue. Human life is at stake, so I consider all the moral implications.

If I may take you on a personal anecdotal tangent, I remember years ago when I was still in high school (putting it between '96 and 2000--I can't remember when exactly), I was speaking with my older brother on this very topic, but from a much more simplistic angle. He told me, "You know darth (that's my real name, of course ;), I have a professor that told me, 'You don't really know how right something is until you've tried argued for the opposite point of view.'" I have taken that to heart and as my morals, sensibilities, and debating skills have grown, I've really done that with virtually all my moral views. This is why I grew up in a home with a very conservative home and in a dogmatic church, yet I have developed a moral compass I'm very proud to call my own, with moderately conservative views, but often leaning liberal on a number of topics. Virtually everything taken to one extreme or the other is dangerous and does not consider all variables. I try to give a listening ear to different viewpoints and I try to be open to when I am wrong, even here. I have considered all my views and argued with myself from an opposite perspective, and interestingly I discovered that while I have moderated nearly all my views, I simply find it unacceptable to do so with abortion.