"in the abstract"? - There's nothing "abstract" about abortion.
My son is developmentally disabled and one day when he was 5 or 6; I was rollerblading with him and he was in a special needs stroller that was obviously made for larger children. He was asleep. (He also has epilepsy.)
As we "rolled" up to the car. There was a lady in the parking lot with girl who was probably about 4? She watched me take my rollerblades off and transfer my son from the stroller into the car seat. He never woke up.
I was packing his stroller into the back when she started asking me questions about him. How hard was it to take care of him? - was basically the question. I told her his care had challenges, but I get help from agencies and support from doctors and school.
Then she told me that she was asking because she'd just aborted a baby because she was told it was going to be disabled; yet she insisted she did the right thing because she knew she couldn't take care of a disabled kid.
I said: "Well, you never know what you can do until you actually try!" Then I said to her: "Despite all the challenges this kid has, he is the greatest earthly blessing I have ever received. Your healthy daughter could get cancer and die. You could get into a car accident and she is in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. What then? We get no guarantees in this life!" And I turned around and walked away. I was mad!
I have a sister who had an abortion about 30 years ago now. She couldn't have kids afterwards and she
NEVER got over it!
There's nothing "abstract" about abortion; and if you think there is, you're only deceiving yourself!