The debate over abortion, then, is really a debate over our nature as human creatures

The Pro-Life position revolves around one central tenant - that life begins at conception, or at least quite certainly before birth. Killing for convenience is considered morally wrong, and is distinguished from killing of convicted criminals, who earned their death.
To the Pro-Lifers, this is not necessarily a religious issue. It is to some, such as devout Catholics, but for othhers the issue is that it is a given and a scientific fact that the fetus/unborn baby is a separate life, and presumably a human one. It is an accepted cultural value that killing of critters in general, and especially of humans, is morally and legally w...