Bill, I think you miss the point, most people take the view that abortion is necessary under certain circumstances.....but modern society is moving towards the use of abortion as a convenience.
This has more to do with modern economics than morality.

It seems clear to me that "life" begins with conception I don't see how any scientist(and this forum seems to be full of them), can disagree. It is simply more convenient for the "abortion on demand" lobby to claim that a baby is not a baby until the moment of birth.