so is algae, mold, bacteria . . .
but i'm misrepresenting myself. i do value human life more than bacteria. i don't think it's "kinder" to bring an unwanted child in the world and put them into the - well, let's call it "imperfect" - adoption system. I think THAT'S cruel.
If you want to pull that lame argument "what if jesus had been aborted" or Einstein, or whatever - just think about the logical extreme of that argument. are you in favor of bringing every single sperm in existence into being as a child, just in case one of them might be the next messiah?
sorry, but the dead baby pictures aren't doing it for me. most anti-abortionists I know will get all worked up about the abortion of a little white American baby (notice all of those pictures are of white children) - but are completely unmoved by pictures of starving Iraqi children. that kind of racism is rampant throughout this thread, too - with all the talk of 'slave labor' - but I've taken it mostly as joking. still, it's pretty sick that some people would rather save every unborn white catholic child, but have no problem with the fact that thousands of middle eastern children have died over the past several years for the sake of good americans driving their SUVs to church on Sunday.