Well Steve, you certainly scored a point as I did miss the symbol. Out of kilter with the general sentiment ?..   Guilty as charged, but that don't mean I am wrong.   Possibly you may have an argument that in our "sexpositive" society destroying life on the NHS may lower abortion rates , though I expect it could be argued otherwise but I concede it may be the case.   I note you don't want to get into when does life begin.....and with good reason , as once you concede that it is another life , it is obviously a moral issue.   Joes post is , I suppose , situation ethics , which I am generally suspicious of , though I suppose if someone had bumped off hitler it might be considered justifiable assassination . But then, he was not a defenceless baby.   There are always cases where terminating a pregnancy may be seen as justified, but these are the minority . And since , Steve, you just can,t help making creationist jibes , it is certainly the case that if you think we just arose from the slime, that any claim to being pro (human) life rings hollow.