Either you believe abortion is murder, or you don't.

If you believe a woman who murders her 2 yr old should go to prison, then on what basis should a woman who has an abortion at 30 weeks be shown "mercy" and receive no punishment?

Don't misunderstand me, I'm not arguing here that abortion is right or wrong.

But to just invoke "MERCY," as if it's the magic answer to every social and moral  problem, is just intellectual and moral laziness.