[GovernmentShrinker]

Up to a point (as long as the fetus is still dependent exclusively on the mother for survival), I'd say the power to end a life should rest with the people who started it (or just the mother, if the father is the sort who can't be located).

But all sorts of eugenic practices can be implemented without abortion (and some of the worst have not involved abortion -- Hitler wasn't exactly known for his abortion programs), so as far as I'm concerned eugenics and abortion are separate issues.

[jimt]

Up to a point (as long as the fetus is still dependent exclusively on the mother for survival), I'd say the power to end a life should rest with the people who started it...

The baby is dependent exclusively on the parents for survival for several years. Why not allow abortion until age three or four?