Living beings

Dear Friends,
I am a died-in-the-wool liberal, about 99%.  The one major thing I do not share with other liberals is the matter of abortion.  There has been so much written and said about the "woman's right to choose."  Well, what about the baby's right to live?  I think that's considerably more important.  What about rape or incest?  Some of the more conservative folks will make an exception for this.  But, regardless of the parentage, it's still a baby!  Some think the fetus is not a baby until it makes its way out of the womb.  What a cop-out.  Science has advanced too far today to even consider this farce.  And the mother's life?  There are very, very few instances or conditions that would warrant this decision in this day and age.
I ask each of you to stop, close your eyes and imagine just what happens in the abortion parlor.  Go ahead.  It's not pretty, is it.  What about the long-term abortions?
On occasion, I've been told that if abortions were not legal, then the mother would have to go back to the alleys to have the procedure.  My reply was that if a mother is determined to kill her baby, that's where it should be done.
Please folks, please let's get rid of this scourge which is killing our very civilization.
One more thing:  IF science ever discovers a so-called "gay gene," many churches are going to have to revisit their position on abortion:  Which do they hate  more, abortion or gay babies?