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We can't afford to keep everyone alive.

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I don't disagree with this. Surely we have to make some decisions about resource allocation. But consider two cases of terminal illness:

Patient A is conscious and lucid, and clearly indicates that she wants to continue to live.

The doctors treating Patient B say that she is essentially brain-dead and unaware of her surroundings. As best we can tell, she indicated when she was healthy that if she ever were in her present condition, she would want them to pull the plug.

Now, both patients' hospitals are about to pull the plug. If you can only choose one patient to protest for, which one do you go for? Pretty easy decision, right?

So if we add the fact that B's family can pay for her care and A's can't, why should that change the decision? The protestors are saying that the sacred nature of life trumps Patient B's own decision, it trumps her legal guardian's decision, and it trumps her doctors' analysis. Apparently, though, it doesn't trump poverty. This is hypocrisy, plain and simple.

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There are only two reasons to support abortion:
1) You don't think the fetus is alive.
2) You think it is alive, but you think murder is ok if it benefits the state/society.

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By condoning the death of patient A, you are essentially choosing reason #2, except for an adult woman instead of a fetus.