Abortion advocates may be correct in their assertion thatthe practice is a necessary tool of population control, but they seem to neglectthe preciousness of human life in its earliest stages.

• 人工流产的提倡者认为它是控制人口的一种必要手段。他们也许是对的,但他们可能忽略了人的生命在最初阶段的宝贵。