I'm not quite sure how they reconcile the two, but many people who claim to be pro=life, also support the death penalty.  Please help me to understand.
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You simply can not be both. Pro-life extends beyond the abortion forum. People have generalized it to applie jsut to abortion, but in defenition it is the defense of all human life, Regardless of transgressions. Not an eye for an eye.... So true pro lfie adheres to the dignity of all life.
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state some facts like the amount of innocent people put to death. the biases that the courts have in handing out death sentences(race, etc...)Playing god. morality of it\nI feel its done to save money. ...easier to kill someone than to pay to keep them in jail the rest of their lives.
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We all have to believe!!\nEngland have the best supporters i n the world!!\nNon believers have 2 be dealt with severely but the death penalty seems hasty.... torture them first then the death penalty!!
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Great question.  We know that the Old Testament preaches "An eye for an eye" but apparantly Jesus made that rule no longer applicable saying to "love thy neighbor as you love yourself" and to "turn the other cheek".  So I find it very contradictory that Christians support the death penalty (among other things but don't get me started).  This is yet another example of Christians who pick and choose which part(s) of the Bible to follow and which part(s) to ignore.  It just depends on what benefits the individual and supports his or her personal opinions.  Not to mention that Christians are supposed to encourage others to get "Saved" before death, so would they not want to reform a person rather than giving them the death penalty?  Would they not want that person to 'let Jesus into their hearts'?  What a tangled web we weave...
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I think people can be pro death penalty and anti abortion.  As an adult you chose to make the wrong decision...like murder. you knew it was wrong and chose to do so. Death being a penalty for your choice. \n\nAs to anti-abortion...most feel the fetus/embryo a living viable life....having no decision and just being given a death sentence without choice unfairly due to an unfortunate circumstance.Thus being unfair. Being that it can not speak for itself. \n\nSo yes to answer the question.\n\nOne can be pro-death penalty and anti-abortion. \n\nI do agree with you as well........Abortion with allowances like rape and one's health factors is acceptable. As a form of irresponsible contraception.NO \n\nAnd yes Death penalty is not a deterrent either.
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If they wanted you to have health care, they would give it to you in some way that was affordable and effective.  The fact is, in their paradigm, if you cannot afford it, you shouldn't have it.  It is difficult to accept this as reality, but it is true.  They say they are pro-life, but as you show here, when it comes to supporting life, they are nowhere to be found.  That is their health care plan.
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you don't. Why should you support the free killing of someone, eventhough they killed someone. Two wrongs don't make a right.
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right to life extremists are arguing on grounds that once you become pregnant you are responsible for another life. it does not matter to them if you want, can care for, or are responsible enough to handle another life. they assume that any life is better than no life. obviously these people have never realized true poverty and abuse. not only do they want to control your life and choices, but they generally not interested in adopting any of the children from the pregnant women standing outside the abortion clinics. these right to lifers only want these women to know that they of course will go to hell because they are murderers, and the ignorance goes on. now, if you really wanna know how i feel, send me an email.
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That is one of the great dichotomies/ironies in politics:\n\nRepublicans are pro capital punishment, anti-abortion\nDemocrats are anti-capital punishment, pro-abortion\n\nApparently life only has a value if the other guy is against it.
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I should make it clear that this answer doesn't represent my own opinions on the subject, but only represent the (possible) logic behind this view.\n\nYour question essentially asks how someone can justify abortion, and yet be against the death penalty.\n\nThe answer is that, unlike you, they do not equate abortion with murder.  There can be several reasons for this.  First off, they may not consider a fetus to be a person.  Many people hold this view, and there is much debate about at what point an unborn child can be considered a person.  The only line absolutley defined from a legal point of view is that once a child is actually born, it is a person.  Before this, there is a legal gray area, and thus a lot of debate and disagreement.  Someone who does not believe a fetus is a person would have no problem reconciling being for abortion and against the death penalty.\n\nAnother possibility is that the person supports abortion only in certain cases, for example, when the mother's life is at risk, or other special cases.  By this logic, putting a criminal behind bars (but not executing them) is potentially protecting a life, and so is allowing abortion in these cases.\n\nThat may not cover everything, but I think it gives some very realistic reasons why someone could be against the death penalty, and still support abortion.
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Well. I'm pro-choice and pro death penalty.  I agree fully with the inconsistency posed in your question. I feel the same way about those who are pro choice and anti death penalty.  There's no arguing that a multiple murder has less a right to life than a child.\n   My only point I want to make is that it works both ways.
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The only people who can legally kill people are the state. That is how conservatives see it. A medical doctor cannot make a decision on life and death. \n\nI do consider myself a consevative however I believe it to be hypocrytical of christians who are against abortion and euthanasia but for the death penalty. Makes no sense at all.
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You really are in a pickle. On one level your position seems at least consistent. Its ironic that most gun voters consider themselves pro life. I guess its all in how you look at it. Here is a link with some information that might help. Can you imagine the trouble those that are for legalizing drugs and are pro life have?
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I would think that Mitt Romney is Pro-life.  Or maybe he is like me, Pro-life, and Pro Choice.  Let me explain my Pro-choice, though,.  I believe that every woman in Ameica has choices, alot of choices, Depo- Nuva Ring, The patch, ortho-trycyclien, other pills, Norplant, etcc.  There is also the choice to have your tubes tied. If none of the above work, since when does the woman have to keep the baby, she could always give it up for adoption.   And then there is the Most Effective Choice of all- ABSTINENCE.  You don't want a baby, Don't have sex.  Murder should never be considered a viable choice, since there are many other choices available to women.
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i   strongly  support  the  death  penalty. why  should  somebody  that   killed  another   person,  family  get  to   visit  and  talk  to   this  person.  when the   victims  family   can  never   see  or  talk  to  the  person   who  was   killed   again ?some   people  change after  being  in   prison,  but  it  makes  some   people  worst.a  person  that   would  take  another  persons   life,   doesnt   deserve  to  live.especially  a   child. and  if  this  country  would   start giving   these  sick   minded  perverts,  that  mess  with  little   kids  the   death    penalty  some  of  this  would  stop.
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America has had a debate over both issues for many years now.Sentencing persons to death for their crimes has been around for centuries.So has the practice of abortion dating back 5000 years or more.The whole debate is based on ones own morale beliefs.There lies the debate the struggle between the beliefs of individuals.It is a very hard decision to enforce the moral beliefs of one on another individual. If society as a whole can come to a consensus that no form of death of human life is acceptable or a that terminating a life is acceptable in abortion or in capital punishment.I wont insert my beliefs here but I do agree that there is a contradiction between the two.One human life needs to be viewed equally to another.
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It's not quite the paradox as BXC believes. And who is "making other kids have kids"?\n  \n  Firstly,pro(for)-life, means they support life at its conception through birth. Some will make exceptions for the health of the unborn or the mother and allow an abortion. And, no one is forcing these "kids" to engage in unprotected sex which usually results in pregnancy. It's a matter of choices that led up to the question of pro-life/pro-choice in the first place.\n\n  Secondly, who creates the "bad family"? Society? Poverty? Government? Poor people as well as rich can be either good or bad. There's plenty of "bad" rich families or individuals. It comes down again to a matter of choices people make.\n\n  Thirdly, pro-life means not only to promote life, but to defend it as well. Hence, pro-lifers are willing to use firearms to defend themselves or protect others against those who would extinguish life without a second thought - murderers.\n\n  And finally, in dealing with murderers who have chosen to extinguish innocent lives for whatever reasons, the death penalty is the ultimate justice. It is used against those who have chosen to go against society's guidelines of living with other people in the most ulitimate way - taking someone else's life from them.\n\n  So, pro-life (for life) and capital punishment (death penalty for criminals who've willingly killed others) are not in conflict with each other at all, but support one another.