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Where exactly is the center on abortion? It's as either/or as an issue gets. Dead or alive? Every case involves two lives, so you can't put "the center" at killing some of the babies instead of all of the babies. Would it be acceptable to kill some of the mothers? Or some of the abortion doctors? Of course not. There is no center to this issue.

That said, I would ashamedly settle with killing some of the babies if we could save some. But there is nothing "center" about that for the babies who die. How about this center: Let mommy, doctor and baby all be euthanized at age 35. That way they all get half a life. There's the real center for you. The other way, the baby pays the whole price for the irresponsible actions of others.

Where exactly is the center on abortion?

Well this isn't, or at least shouldn't be, about abortion. As I said, that should be worked out in legislature, and if there is problems with legislature those are separate from this issue, which is about an inappropriate use of law.

This is about one side wanting to use the law to protect business freedoms by forcing pharmacists to sell drugs they don't agree with. And the other wanting to use the law to protect employee freedom by forcing businesses to continue to pay employees who won't do what they're told. The balance lies in not using the law to force anyone at all. Some pharmacists will be fired for not fulfilling their duties. Fine. They are very moral characters and deserve applause for taking the bullet based on personal held beliefs. I would say so in spite of the fact my beliefs may be different. Some businesses will choose not to sell RU-486 because many customers will get very upset and go elsewhere. Fine. That could be a good business decision. Others will sell it very discreetly. Sometimes a new pharmacy will open that sells everything to anyone. If the moral pharmacy goes out of business or changes to meet demands, that's capitalism.

This is entirely analogous to an environmentalist refusing to sell SUVs, and I don't think that's far fetched at all. I know we both know/know of people who would lie their way into a job as a car salesman where they would then get to say no to SUV buyers every day, and can't be fired for it.