Let's consider only abortion for a moment. 

Why exactly and ultimately do we understand abortion as immoral? I say it is because we judge that the fetus is immortal--it will experience life beyond the grave just a surely as those of us who are born. And ultimately it is this conviction that forces us to respect fetal-life as equivalent to born-life.

But a huge number of our fellow citizens do not accept life beyond the grave. Therefore for them fetal-life is evolving life developing towards full human life at birth (or perhaps when it becomes viable outside the womb) but not before. Without the assumption of immortality, we cannot, say I, establish an equivalency between fetal an viable life. 

The perspective of those who disagree with us is entitled to respect from us because we affirm their freedom of conscience, no matter how erroneous or distasteful or abhorrent we find their believes. 

Our objective ought to to reduce abortions, via education and use of contraception.

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