When I aborted my first pregnancy, did I kill a baby?

The Chicago Tribune has an editorial by a post-abortive woman named Emily Hauser. Emily has previously written articles for the Tribune on the conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians. She's also previously had writings about her abortion published in the Des Moines Register.

Some excerpts:

"My abortion is a thing of which I'm neither ashamed nor proud. I wish that I hadn't had to do it, but I did...

I ask myself: When I aborted my first pregnancy, did I kill a baby? I honestly don't think so. But did I stop the potential for life? Absolutely. Insofar as life itself is simultaneously the most mundane and most divine fact on our planet, this means something."