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However, some life adds to the whole, and some detracts. The preservation and ultimate reintroduction of an endangered species increases biodiversity and, especially since humans are the cause of the current wave of mass extinctions, a diverse ecosystem is more conductive to life in general. Whereas a link between legalized abortion and a reduction in violent crime has been made.
http://slate.msn.com/id/33569/entry/33571/
This is old news, but still so controversial that the media has generally relegated it to "sleeping dog" status. Those who have tried to refute this link have only been able to do so by engaging in the worst kind of equivocation.
So ya know what? If you must stoop to attempting to qualify a pregnancy as a proper, full on, eligible for citizenship Life, then yes; sometimes the life of a buzzard is more important than the life of a human.