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Interesting, an insect has life, and yet, would it be easier to crush a bug, or smash up a computer?
Complexity has value, whether it is living or not. A well crafted piece of metal, like a watch, or a computer will each have a value based on the amount of artistry and technical expertise that went into building it.
To the OP, I'd suggest that ALL people think that, on balance, not having an abortion is better than having one. No-one is suggesting that an abortion is a 'good' thing. Sometimes, perhaps, it might be considered necessary (choose your own conditions, and argue about them elsewhere if you want) But I would agree that there are different reasons that lie behind where the line is drawn.
I'll agree that the 'divine spark' reason doesn't make sense to me, because of my view that people and animals are equivalently 'soulful' (or rather, are equivalently non-soulful) - which opens up the question of whether my carniverous tastes can be ethically justified.
In answer to that, I suppose I have to submit to the idea that life is not sacrosanct - it should still be respected, and not taken lightly - but it is not the be all and end all - whether it is human or animal. And further, that complexity is something to be valued too. We should preserve art, architecture, sculpture and all other kinds of human artifacts, because each of them has a value above and beyond their component parts.
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