If abortion is not the murder of a human being, but instead is something akin to having your appendix taken out, why should there be a legal impediment to abort the fetus at any time of his/its development?

If abortion is the murder of a human being, and all the “how many angels dance on the head of a pin” sophistic arguments are no more than a definitional fig leaf to justify it, why should we be shocked when some that feel they see through this spider web of deception would take matters into their own hand to prevent further murders from taking place?

It is only through our willingness to believe that we are a nation of laws, and that we must convince each other of the justice and correctness of our argument before laws that might be offensive to a significant part of the population are passed and implemented that we can survive as a civil society. The courts have and are short circuiting this process in this and other issues, thus, they can not avoid their share of the responsibility for the for the anger and frustration that a proper legislative process would have had a chance to dilute.

None of this justifies in my mind the actions of who I consider to be a nut.