User blog comment:Churchpants/What Would You Do to Change the World?/@comment-4542190-20120311101501/@comment-4319470-20120313004800

That is your opinion. Murder, by definition, is the killing of someone against the law. Unlawful killing. Not everyone believes what you believe.

When you take a human's life, it is killing. Not murder.

Let's say a man is walking down the street. Suddenly, he is ambushed by someone and stabbed to death. That is murder because the killer - or murderer - had no right given by law to kill this man.

However, if someone undergoes an abortion, since it is currently legal in the U.S.A., the killing would not be against the law. Therefore it wasn't "unlawful". So it wasn't murder. If the laws change to make abortion illegal again (and they very well might), then yes, killing the baby WOULD be murder.

Basically, murder is killing (usually another human) against the law, while killing is more of a broad term. You can kill many things, but it wouldn't be considered murdering many things.

I would never get an abortion personally. But I would also never judge others according to my specific beliefs, not knowing what situation they may be in.

I do understand where you are coming from, though. I'm not trying to argue against your opinion on abortion. I just wanted to clear up the difference between killing and murdering. It is a pretty thin line. :)