Along with God's plan for us, He gave us free will, and respects us, as His creations, enough to let us exercise that free will, even to the point of turning our backs on Him. I am always amazed at people who want to legislate the exercise of choice so that it can only turn out one way; that is degrading the character of others so that they are less than the cherished creations that God intended. While there must be limits on the exercise of free will to keep society from descending into chaos, there would seem to be no such danger here. If we trace the evolution of the "life begins at conception" idea, it is clear that this interpretation goes against centuries of Church doctrine, which clearly states that the demarcation line is at quickening, which is actually beyond the first trimester; before that time, while wrong, abortion has always been treated as a much less serious offence due to the fact that ensoulment was considered to be impossible until that point in gestation.