Well put, Jim--but it does make one question what is meant by "absolutely."

It appears we must accept either 1)that abortion is absolutely wrong or 2)that there are conditions--"dynamics"--that render it morally permissible. Not both.

The same dichotomy exists with the death penalty, doesn't it? If we filter the issue through some kind of "justifiability," we are in essence deciding who deserves to die and who doesn't.

I'm pro-choice and anti-death penalty, but uncomfortable sometimes with both. And my shaky positions are just as antithetical as the right-wingers'are.

I'm not into God, or moral absolutes. My view is that a if a civilization claims that right to decide, it must exercise it very carefully.