[MHGinTN]

Well, actually, two human lives are at risk. The perspective has to do with 'compelling interest'. I won't argue it further with you. I believe a woman should have the right to support her own life by choosing to abort under such dire circumstances. I do not favor serial killing for convenience sake.

[Notwithstanding]

We don't support our own life by directly killing an innocent other. We can try to remove the child prematurely without TRYING to kill it directly.

The difference is that we can't knowingly kill innocent people directly. To do so is to deny them their human dignity and rights.

I am glad you are against wholesale slaughter for convenience sake, and that you realize that "life of the mother" is a different animal.

The principle at stake is our human dignity, however. If the dignity of some people is ignored or denied, then it is only a matter of time before such denial expands to other classes of people. I hope you can see the point I make even if you do not concede that point en toto.