Extreme views on abortion

I have yet to find a good radio station here in New Jersey and, like I did when I was here 3 years ago, find myself listening to NPR on my 1/2 hour commute to and from work. Although the reporting is generally left of center, its not the extreme that is complained about. On the way home from work, there was a piece on the plan B emergency drug. A bill that would force all hospitals to offer the drug to rape victims is in the Connecticut legislature. Many Connecticut hospitals are run by the Catholic Church and my knee jerk reaction was that no private hospital should be forced to offer such a terrible, life destroying drug. But, but by the end of the entire report, I was left offended by a group of social conservatives with whom my views might have usually aligned.
During a hearing for lawmakers to hear both sides of the issue, a woman who was raped reported how grateful she was that one hospital offered her the drug so that she would not get pregnant. Then, a group of Catholics basically said that the morally responsible thing is not to offer this drug, and that instead, a rape victim should have the baby.
What worries me is not whether a woman decided to have a baby caused by rape, because in my opinion it is morally justifiable to have an abortion after rape, but the fanatical extremes that are the voices being covered in this important issue. This is the case of the silent majority who believe that wanton abuse of abortion is wrong but who understand that there are a few morally justifiable reasons. Unfortunately, those who want abortion on demand and those who want to ban it for any reason are the loudest. It's dangerous on the edges.