Hi Sam. You’re right. It is a thorny and emotional issue. I don’t think it is possible to be objective about abortion. Yes, the loss of life pains my heart. And we have no definitive measure (agreed upon, anyway) or standard for when that bunch of cells becomes a person. I believe it needs our protection from its very inception.
I could never have had an abortion, and it is no fit method of birth control. But, sadly there will always be those who see nothing wrong with it.
That said, though, I will fight to allow any woman to have the right to carry or not carry, based on her own medical or psychological needs and moral compass. What I think or believe doesn’t and shouldn’t matter over her right to hold sway over her body.