Look, "abortion" can take place only during the first trimester of pregnancy -- during which the object in a woman's uterus is properly called an "embryo", and is certainly not a human being.  After the third month, any such operation becomes dangerous to the mother, and *no reputable or ethical doctor will do it* for any cause less than a direct threat to the mother's health.  After the sixth month, the fetus finally develops a complete human brain, can survive outside mother's body -- in special care units for premature babies -- and is technically a human being.  In other words, removing a fetus from the uterus -- for any reason less than a threat to the mother -- after the end of the third month is dangerous and unethical, and after the end of the sixth month is infanticide.  I don't know what those fool doctors were thinking, performing such operations, but they deserve to be punished to the full extent of the law.

 --Leslie