Thanks, Amos. I'm sure I fail more than I succeed, but it's a gracious thing for you to say.

Since I didn't answer you, dianavan (I actually thought the Joe covered it better than I could have), but I didn't want you to think I was ignoring your direct question to me.

If a woman decides to pick up a hitchhicker in her car, and then, rather than dropping the hitchhiker off where he wanted to go (or anywhere else for that matter), kills the hitchhiker with her Smith & Wesson, the question isn't about the right of the woman to do what she wishes with her own car.

And...

As I would hope it wouldn't matter what race I was to have opposed slavery in the 19th century, even if I was not a slave...

And as I would hope it wouldn't matter what race I was to have opposed the slaughter of Jews in the 20th century, even if I was not the one being gassed...

And as I would hope it wouldn't matter what race I was to have fought for or voted for civil rights for all, even if I was not the one discriminated against...

I would hope I wouldn't have to be a woman or unborn to wish better for the rights of the unborn.

cheers!