The issue of abortion is emotionally loaded and this often makes for poor, not thoroughly thought out arguments. The questions: "Is abortion immoral" and "Is abortion a murder" are often confused. The pregnancy and the resulting foetus are discussed in terms normally reserved to natural catastrophes force majeure, in legal lingo. At times, the embryo is compared to cancer: after all, they are both growths, clusters of cells. The difference, of course, is that no one contracts cancer willingly except, to some extent, smokers --but, then they gamble, not contract. When a woman engages in voluntary sex, does not use...
or Third Parties the doctor that aborted him, someone who hit his mother and brought about a natural abortion even after he died, living no heirs except the plaintiffs? Should anyone who knew about an abortion be considered an accomplice to murder?

If abortion is murder - why punish it so mildly? Why is it that there is a debate raging on regarding this question? "Thou shalt not kill" is a natural law, it appears in virtually every legal system. It is easily and immediately identifiable. The fact that abortion does not "enjoy" the same treatment says a lot.