In reply to Bernie Schaeffer.

"While the Bible says nothing pro or con regarding abortion, most all of us feel a strong commitment to reduce abortions in this country because we revere the sacredness of all life." The two sides of your comma contradict each other: How is our commitment to reduce abortions founded upon the sacredness of all life if the Bible really gives no relevant instruction on the issue? Or, if the Bible is truly silent on the topic, then on what basis do we maintain that the sacredness of all life has anything to do with the matter of abortions.
The Bible is not meant to give an exhaustive list of rules and position statements for every hypothetical situation that may ever arise in human history. The Bible does speak clearly about the evil of killing another human being. The Bible also speaks clearly of unborn children as living human beings while yet in the womb. Is it really a stretch of logic to connect the two?
The Bible "says nothing pro or con" (in a very technical sense) regarding such issues as identity theft or cyber-bullying, but we have no problem applying the 7th and 8th commandments to these respectively. Abortion, likewise, is a 5th commandment issue, whether or not the specific procedure as we know it today was explicitly named in the Bible.