Washington Against inanimate objects force is a hammer, against human beings it is a gun. Force should be used only as the last option in only the most legitimate of circumstances.
Illegal abortion is force against the mother, legal abortion is force against the child.
Abortion is certainly close, and clearly inelegant, and parties on both sides of the issue should be doing what they can to minimize the need for it. Force is the opposite of freedom. When you engage in trade by spending money on a product or service, you are both exercising your freedom and making a small vote on that that product and its vendor. When taxes are taken from you, it is both an application of force against you and a reduction in your freedom. The only legitimate use of force is defense of property against illegitimate force.