Appealing to someone who is actually alive and has been a part of this world for some years means more to me than someone who has not even been born yet and may still be microscopic in size.

If you want to argue against abortions of late pregnancies, that's a whole different ball park. Besides, you'd be preaching to the choir in that regard.

But you haven't said WHY appealing to the unborn is more important than the living. Because I place a lot more value on the former over the latter. I'd be curious to hear what you base your arguments on - unless they are all biblical in origin, in which case please don't share them with me. I'm not interested in bible thumping, as religion has absolutely nothing to do with this argument, regardless of which side one is on.