and in certain cases they are loses of life due to a life being abused which IMO is twice as tragic. Sometimes it's two lives lost as a result of poor practice or instruments. It is also tragic that the human solution to a new life is to destroy it and unlike the aforementioned tragedies this one seems to be perpetual in nature or at least more so.

Abortion as a practical means to deal with mankind's inner ill's is a tragedy. If a woman wants to kill her fetus it is ultimately her choice, but think of all the other ways an "unwanted" or unexpected pregnancy could be handled without abortion as a "solution".