Well, your reading ability coupled with my typing ability will, I fear, leave us at a permanent impasse.

Amos,

At 40,000,000 abortions over the past 30 years, I would say that the conscience and compassion restriction isn't much of a restriction.

And, again, where else does the law allow that the burden of proof of life falls to the ones who wish to preserve it? We don't even allow incarceration, much less capital punishment, without the burden of proof of guilt falling to the prosecution -- not the defense.

But in abortion -- though we are utterly uncertain when life begins -- certainly not in agreement -- and certainly science is suggesting MUCH earlier that ever before thought...still, the burden of proof falls to those who wish to stop the killing of babies. It defies logic and it defies all other ethical decisions.