It is interesting to note that of the few who are arguing from the pro-life side of the arguement -- whether doing so for the sake of the discussion (as, perhaps, Bruce) or because they are actually pro-life (as I)...

...none of us are drawing the pro-life conclusion as if informed by religious conviction (as is so often charged by the pro-choice side).

In each arguement, the pro-life side has been presented from either the perpective of how law USUALLY works (but for some reason, abortion advocates have been able to circumvent the usual legal requirements), or it has been presented from a scientific perspective -- that the beginning of life is not nearly so mysterious as once thought -- given current state-of-the art ultrasound as well as the fact that most people now know of at least a few children within the circle of their acquaintances who were born after only six months gestation (I know three such children).