First off, I disagree that saving 100 lives is always preferable to saving 1. But if you want to talk numbers, there are approx. 850,000 abortions per year in the United States. That dwarfs the number of civilian deaths in Iraq.

As for it never going away, maybe, maybe not. Keep an eye on Nov. 7. That's the date of a statewide referendum in South Dakota over HB 1215, a bill that would pretty much outlaw the practice in that state. If it passes, it's going to be challenged in court. Neither side is going to stop appealing. If the case gets to the Supreme Court, given its current makeup, there's no telling what might happen.