Criminalization of the activity and arrest and punishment of the perpetrators comes to mind. That infanticide, even in utero, doesn't enrage and concern society as a whole I think reflects primarily on lack of education on the seriousness of the act. I don't think parents should be killing their children under any circumstances, whether they live in a tent or a womb.
Well, first, are you referring to abortion of a fetus at ANY POINT in the pregnancy as infanticide, or are you referring to late term abortions?
People are concerned and enraged over the abortion issue. That isn't the point. The point, for me, is whether or not these people truly believe it's the exact same thing as murder. The intense focus on late term abortions, and the nearly universal agreement - even in Roe - that these type of abortions should be strictly regulated and only conducted under certain medical conditions - shows that even people who are opposed to abortion altogether are willing and able to make distinctions about the egregiousness of the act, depending upon the development of the fetus.
I think if they were told they'd have to wait until the child was born full term, and then kill it in the delivery room, they wouldn't do it.
This only makes sense if you're talking about a late term abortion. Late term abortions are pretty rare. So I think it's reasonable to conclude that these religious women having abortions are not having late term abortions.
My own view is that frequently the culpability falls on the parents of an unmarried woman who procures an abortion or the father of his child. Either someone is trying to avoid scandal, or complication, or responsibility, or a woman fears reprisals by her parents. I know personally of situations where devoutly religious families who would be opposed to abortion otherwise have paid to procure one for a daughter or son's girlfriend in order to avoid scandal; yes, that seems to me to be stark hypocrisy.
Sure, it's hypocrisy, but again, that isn't the point I've been trying to make. These people, albeit hypocrites, are usually fairly decent human beings who would NOT condone outright murder in order to avoid scandal. But they will have an abortion in order to avoid scandal. To me, what this indicates is that these people, despite their rhetoric, do not really believe abortion is the moral equivalent of murder. Yes, they believe it's a horrible act, and egregious sin. But murder? I doubt it. But maybe I'm naïve, and all these religious women really would kill their next door neighbor in order to avoid a scandal. What do you think?