I am a pro-life atheist

[Whateverist]

Here is where I diverge:

Step 1: Why is human life particularly valuable, besides the fact that we are humans ourselves?

You had me at step one. I would ask those who find every human life unbearably precious if there is any upper limit to the percentage of the earths' biomass which can be made up by humans? Since our inability to hold ourselves in check in this regard imperils the entire web of life on which we depend, can we at least make an argument based on our self preservation that too much of a good thing isn't so good? It is a damned shame if the only ones who get to decide this question are human. Can we please get over ourselves just a little bit?

Honestly I would be in favor of offering a cash incentive for any woman early on in a pregnancy who doesn't really want to have the child to have her uterus vacuumed. Better still if she (and her partner!) just use proper protection but hey, it's never 100%. Every unborn human life we have the humility to destroy tips the balance of the biomass toward something not only more sustainable, but also something more fair for all the creatures on this planet who don't have any say in the matter.