Here's a history lesson for you. Back when abortion was originally made illegal in a by-gone era in England, the intent was to protect women from dying in an era before sterile conditions and antibiotics. This law which travelled to the new world as part of British common law had zero to do with protecting the life of a fetal collection of cells. The beginning of life at this time in history was defined in a sane and rational way as "when a baby is born and brought forth."