[orionblamblam]

> But the rubber meets the road in this aspect: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Abortion is the killing of a child who has God's gift of life in it.

"Thou shallt not kill" is a commandment that does not exist. It's "murder" which is a different order of things. Now, whether or not aborting a fetus is murder is a separate arguement... but "killing" is permissible (and hardly avoidable).

[alancarp]

I yield that point (kill vs. murder) -- and this thread was started by one who pretty much stipulated the point about abortion and murder. The question here really is, then, whether slavery and abortion are topics that can be equated in debate. I think not.