of government, to support life legislation.- The abortion industry to stop the violence against helpless human beings in the womb.- Every pro-life supporter to reject violence and condemn those who commit all murderous acts.- Everyone who supports life to endorse and work for the passage of a Human Life Amendment to state and federal constitutions that would recognize basic human rights inherent to every human being from fertilization to natural death.- Christians and those who profess to follow Christ's example TO EDUCATE OTHERS BY PROCLAIMING THESE VALUES and to promote sanctity, dignity, and respect for the most innocent human beings among us. I would also call upon God to forgive those who know not what they do. -Kelly Fountain Kevin Wight That would have been really incisive and witty if you hadn't misspelled 'academic'. People have often remarked that we have in some instances stronger legal protections for animals than humans -- take for example in the course of medical research where there is legislation directly protecting and regulating harm to animals, but not to humans (although that maybe a poor example since they are protected under the common law). Of course it is worth mentioning that we shouldn't infer from the laws to what is moral -- otherwise of course it would turn out that in fact after-birth abortion was ethical, in countries where it was legal, which I doubt you would be happy with. Personally I'm happy to grant animals the same moral status as humans -- I