Aussiemama, yes the Commandment says not to kill. But Samuel hewed Agag in pieces. God told the Israelites to wipe out every person that lived in Jericho, and in turn the entirety of Canaan. God killed Ananias and Saphira. The list goes on and on. Simply saying that killing someone is wrong without checking the circumstances doesn't work.
I'd recommend just leaving it here: cases where abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother are so rare that they are the exception, not the rule, and they are referred to most of the time just so people can excuse killing a child that they don't want to be responsible for. No one says it's the right thing to do if that circumstance happens to occur, but Biblically it would be the better thing. Children are an heritage, but God creates an inseperable bond between a man and a woman that should not be broken by anything, children included.
(This coming from a guy who strongly believes every doctor that has performed an abortion should be executed for murder by the government of his/her own state.)
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