Thank you for your thoughtful response. We differ because for me, spontaneous "abortion" (miscarriage at any stage) is not caused by the actions of a person intending to end that life. I am a believer, so I can only say that God is the author of life and the only ONE entitled to call us home in His own time. I know that many parents are deeply grieved over the miscarriage of their children, so in a general way, that is cause for all of us to have sympathy for those in that situation. But when a perfectly viable pregnancy is interrupted by another human being, for me that is making oneself the arbiter of life and death. It is taking the life of another human being. And not painlessly. I'm more of a philosophic type so when I said, what does it matter the stage, I was referring to the inherent evil in taking another human being's life, no matter how "far along" they are in their lifespan. The law does not permit people, parents or relatives, etc. to kill children who are in difficult family or social circumstances. There is always hope for a brighter future and countless lives have borne this out. The whole point in question is whether we have a right to take that life to "maybe, possibly" prevent suffering in the future. I completely disagree that we have that right as fellow human beings. Also to be considered are the appalling numbers; when the count is 60 million lives ended violently in the last 50 years, we have to take some action as members of the human family. The voiceless unborn cannot demand their chance at their own lives. Loss of that many affects us all. I think we struggle to get our heads around that number.

Thank you for your thoughtful response. We differ because for me, spontaneous "abortion" (miscarriage at any stage) is not caused by the actions of a person intending to end that life. I am a believer, so I can only say that God is the author of life and the only ONE entitled to call us home in His own time. I know that many parents are deeply grieved over the miscarriage of their children, so in a general way, that is cause for all of us to have sympathy for those in that situation. But when a perfectly viable pregnancy is interrupted by another human being, for me that is making oneself the arbiter of life and death. It is taking the life of another human being. And not painlessly. I'm more of a philosophic type so when I said, what does it matter the stage, I was referring to the inherent evil in taking another human being's life, no matter how "far along" they are in their lifespan. The law does not permit people, parents or relatives, etc. to kill children who are in difficult family or social circumstances. There is always hope for a brighter future and countless lives have borne this out. The whole point in question is whether we have a right to take that life to "maybe, possibly" prevent suffering in the future. I completely disagree that we have that right as fellow human beings.