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Without reading all of the other posts yet, let me offer my two cents. Personally, I don't have a problem with abortion. If a fetus can't live outside of the womb, it is not yet living. It's, well, parasitic, living off of the mother. That sounds really harsh, but that's the best analogy I can come up with.
I realize that a baby can live outside of the womb before the pregnancy reaches full term. I may not like abortion once that point has been reached, but I still support it.
Abortion is not an issue that should be legislated, period. If it's a moral issue, then it is not a government issue, plain and simple. The government should not legislate morality under any circumstances.
Morality is a personal issue. My morals probably won't agree with your morals. That doesn't make you or me right. It's a personal belief, and can be based on many different things. It is not for you, me, or anybody else to enforce morality on another individual. You could be just as wrong as the person you think is wrong.
By the same token, the collective opinion of a group of individuals or even an entire society may not be the "right" opinion. I liken it to old Salem and the witch hunts. It was popular to burn witches at the stake, but it didn't make them right.
The moment we begin to legislate what you or I believe is right or wrong we risk causing unnecessary harm to people who don't deserve it.
Let government stick to serving the people, not ruling them.
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