Sorry L.H. but murder does not and can not apply to animals or plants. It is a specific legal term meaning to deliberatly take the life of another human being. It can not be adjusted to suit anyone's outrage.
That's why we have other words to cover different kinds of killing, such as manslaughter. Manslaughter and murder are not the same thing.Legally, abortion is not murder under our present laws.

We need another word to cover the wanton killing of animals. I agree with you that something should be done to stop our headlong rush toward us being the only animal on the planet.

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