To answer Jeffrey's question, apparently the babies of Tokyo and Dresden in the 1940's.
Americans witnessed a remarkable drama this week when some of our most exalted politicians frantically scrambled to reassure voters that they, too, believed that the United States ought to permit the deliberate killing of at least some innocent human beings.
They apparently did so to persuade the public they are caring, compassionate and -- above all -- reasonable people.
The drama started when Rep. Todd Akin, the Republican nominee in the U.S. Senate race in Missouri, expressed his view that no innocent human being ought to be deliberately killed.
However, that was not the only thing Akin expressed....
Should the police only be armed with non-lethals? Should we never take action against terrorists unless they're alone in the middle of a desert?
Respecting the sanctity of life means that you consider every life to be precious. It means you do what you can to preserve it. It doesn't mean you should NEVER end a life; only that you better have a very good reason to do so.
We can argue about whether our reasons for past wars justified ending lives. But ending a life because you didn't mean to create it - there's not even close to a good enough reason.