Does plant life have a soul?
No, the bible states plants were created for our use to eat and so on. Look in Genesis Chapter 2.
We plant seeds, they grow, we harvest them and plant more from the seeds they produce. If we did not eat plants, fruits, vegetables, etc we would all die.
There's no way to know for absolute certain, yet we mow our lawn. What qualifies as "alive" and good enough for God to pay attention to? It's a slippery slope.
Mowing your lawn doesnt kill grass. It trims it. Same as cutting your hair. You cut it, and it continues to grow.
If we consider human life to be of less value because of the stage of life it is in than we are on a very slippery slope. Maybe we can define a human if their IQ is 100 or above. Maybe we can define by their ability to speak. Maybe we can define human life by age, so the elderly can be euthanized. Hitler decided decide that "defective people" should not waste resources so he killed the mentally retarded, autistic, the mentally ill , homosexual, Jews , Gypses and criminal on the same exact slope you want to drag us all down to. It's called "Let's play God and decide who lives or dies". How absurd!
A woman who terminates her pregnancy because it is an inconvenience has committed the worst type of murder I can think of."
Are you really comparing me to Hitler? Seriously? I show compassion and nonjudgmental attitudes towards women who want to live and I get compared to Hitler? Did I say women should be able to get abortions as regular birth control? No! NO! NO NO NO! NIET! NEIN! IE! BU! NON! I NEVER did. However, saying that NO woman is allowed to have abortions under ANY circumstance is murdering the women at that point and THAT'S where I have an issue. Do I believe we should take pregnant women and use them as trampolines? No, but somehow that'll be implied and assumed of me. Just because I don't want to murder women who are in danger from childbirth and could adopt a child and give it a loving home, suddenly I'm Hitler.
You're not alone in how you feel. Your compassion, and concern is obvious. You're not Hitler, and it is completely understandable why you feel how you do.
Don't try to defend your view with everyone. This place can be very cut throat. Not everyone here is "correct" in their own assumptions either.