This is not a novel question. Theologists have grappled with it long before there were elective abortions because of spontaneous abortions, still births and deaths of innocent babies. There is no definitive answer and about this we must put our trust in God.
“This is not a novel question. Theologists have grappled with it..”
Right. I was a seminary student in the ‘60s and that was one of the big discussions when everyone was sitting around the dorms brainstorming. Kent State was having riots. We were discussing the form of our Heavenly bodies.