An idea that might make the issue more apposite to your own life, Roger, would be to consider what happens to the status of all our lives–both religious and secular–once we allow a human to live or die based on whether or not its continued existence is convenient–as we have.

If humans can be aborted in the interest of convenience, then human life is no longer sacred–no, not even yours or mine–and it is merely a question of time until we discover the circumstances under which society can dispense with us. For example, I can see a day where you might be begging an officer of the US National Health Service for a treatment that will save the life of your mother only to be told that, unfortunately, there’s not enough money in the budget to save everyone, and what little there is would be best spent on someone younger.

Life is sacred for all of us, or it’s not scared for any of us.

It’s coming.