[More Cowbell]

I do not favor the death penalty. I believe in "life for a life" carried out in a "life without possiblity of parole" sentence. I believe that prisoners should work and that most of their pay should go to victims or victim's rights groups, some sort of restitution. In my experience, fear, anxiety, despair, shock...these follow the positive EPT in teens. I have never heard one say (at least in my earshot), "Gee, now I don't get to go to prom; well, call the clinic, I've ordered my dress already." Human life and the way we value it exists on a continuum. I've seen it, heard it, watched it over and over again. Maybe we disagree on this point. But, I know what I know.

I was using the prom example to illustrate the silliness of some of the reasons that might be used to justify an abortion. Maybe they don't say it in those terms, but I bet a lot do say "Oh no. This will ruin my life." And when they say ruin their life, they mean the pregnancy will be an inconvenience to them.

You mention fear, anxiety, despair, and shock as emotions felt by teens who have just found out they were pregnant. I don't doubt that one bit, and I would also bet that those emotions are not just limited to teens. But, none of those feelings is reason enough to justify taking a life. I don't care how upset they are, it still doesn't equal a human life. Even if you say the unborn child isn't as valuable as someone already here, it still has to have enough value to not just flippantly discard it for the sake of convenience.