"...abortion is not the same as gulags, extermination camps, et al. "
IT IS WORSE!
Oh Jesus, it is NOT.
At a minimum, when people are put into ovens or beaten to death, you SEE the results of your actions, you HEAR the screams of the innocent and the suffering. That is what makes it that much more evil.
It's fine to have your beliefs, but try to be friggin objective about it. Shooting kids in the face and raping women and slitting their throats takes a far greater evil than aborting an embryo.