If abortion is murder and the death penalty is quite obviously murder, how can you defend one but not the other? Killing is killing no matter what the rationale.
My own opinion is that abortion does have a place in a free and liberal society. Not as a form of contraception, but where the mother has had no choice in the conception (rape etc..) or if the mother's life were to be endangered by the pregnancy. A blanket outlawing of abortion is ill conceived (excuse the pun) as it takes no account of the way the world really is. You may also push abortion underground where there are no safeguards for mother or baby.
Whilst the death penalty is unjustifiable in any circumstance - it does not act as a deterant as most crimminals do not believe they will be caught. Therefore it use can only be seen as society's retribution. Get it wrong and we all have blood on our hands.
If you have bothered to read all of this, then thank you. Now you have your say.
2006-06-29 13:37:45 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Message for Scorpion.
Why would I want to report you? You are perfectly entitled to your opinion. If only you had understood the question that was asked. It is an ethical question, to which I have given my opinion, and was lookin for other people points of view. You neither gave an opinion nor made any sense. Your language was a little strong - but I guess that's more to do with lack of education.
2006-06-29 14:00:18 · update #1
Please, let's engage our brains on this one. Read the question, it will help you to answer it. If you do not understand the question go and answer some 14year old's question on how to make some guy notice her.
2006-06-29 14:15:07 · update #2
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.
As 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.
So yes to answer the question.
One can be pro-death penalty and anti-abortion.
I 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
And yes Death penalty is not a deterrent either.
2006-06-30 07:35:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I am pro-death penalty and anti-abortion. I see it this way::
A baby has not been asked to be brought into this world. It has done no one harm. It is an innocent life. So why should an innocent baby be aborted by an easy, immoral teenage girl who doesn't want to inconvenience her life? She was the one who got pregnant so deal with it and take on some responsibility. And for those people who argue that pro-life people don't care that a child is born to an abusive mother or a poor family are wrong. I care greatly about children. So therefore, if you don't want kids or don't have the money to raise a kid don't have sex or just be safe about it. And if you do end up pregnant and aren't ready for a child give it up for adoption. There are many families out there who can't have kids and would give a child a great home if given the chance. The one and only time I will agree with abortion is if the mother's life is in danger. And if you are raped you can still give the child up for adoption. And yes, people will argue that if a teenage girl is raped it can cause her embarrassment at school and that by being pregnant it just serves as another reminder of the atrocity that took place. If people ask her how she got pregnant, she can tell them it's none of their business. It is selfish to have an abortion just to save yourself from embarrassment. And about the "serving as a reminder" thing, the girl is in fact going to be unstable because she was raped, but do you also want the fact that her baby was killed hanging over her head to cause her even more problems? Simply put, If you don't want the baby, put it up for adoption, don't have an abortion but above all, just don't get pregnant, be safe.
As for the death penalty:
I agree with it if someone is a murderer or a rapist. They have inflicted pain upon others and do not deserve to live. Most of these people are repeat offenders. They get caught, serve a few years, get out, and do it again. They simply just do not learn. Why should we give them the chance to harm any other people than the people they have already harmed? Some people say, life imprisonment is better. I say otherwise. Why spend Americans' tax money on someone who doesn't follow its country's laws? It is a waste of money. I do not want my money going to feed some sick person who raped a 5 year old or to someone who murdered innocent people. And I also think that if someone knows they are going to get the death penalty if they get caught, they will stop committing crimes maybe...although I doubt that would happen.
In conclusion: I believe in death for the guilty, not the innocent.
2006-06-29 14:07:32 · answer #2 · answered by MB 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with you. I'm pro choice (re abortion) and against the death penalty. For the same reasons as you, extreme cases warranting abortion like rape or serious deformity, and death penalty due to the error rate and the easy way out for some criminals. I think we're just taking the rational view.
2006-06-29 14:29:02 · answer #3 · answered by Aussie Chick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not for "killing babies," but people have got to start understanding that what a woman does to her body is no body's decision but her own (and possibly the father's, if he plans to take responsibility for the child after it is born). So many people in this country care more about unborn babies than they do about the living ones. They want to outlaw abortion, but at the same time, they want to cut welfare, medical care for the poor, and free lunch programs. Anyone who wants to have any opinion at all about abortion should either be put in the position of having to choose or have adopted at least one of these unwanted children.
It is possible to be both pro-life and support the death penalty. It's possible to have any combination of beliefs under any number of circumstances, and none of them are necessarily right or wrong. A lot of people base their opinions on emotion instead of rationality, though.
2006-06-29 14:03:55 · answer #4 · answered by Nobody 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just as you support abortion only in cases of rape and in the interest of the mother, you can support the death penalty but also feel it is overused.
The only real reason the death penalty is needed is for those particular individuals for whom keeping locked up in jail is a bad idea - people like Osama bin Laden, for example, where other people (his henchmen, in this case) would likely attempt to free him either directly (bombing the walls of the prison to get him out) or indirectly (hijack a plane and threaten to blow it up unless bin Laden is freed, like in the movie "Air Force One").
If it is within the realm of likely possibility that the individual in question would eventually be in a position to kill more people, then eliminating that chance is the better option - otherwise, it's probably not necessary.
Hope that helps...
2006-06-29 13:52:59 · answer #5 · answered by eagle5953 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can hold those views. The death of an innocent, young life in the body of a woman is absolutely NOT comparable to the killing of a person who murders people. A lot of the abortions are because people got knocked up when they were drunk and 15. Executions are because they are the harshest of criminals.
2006-06-29 13:45:57 · answer #6 · answered by nighthawk_842003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being professional existence and professional lack of life penalty isn't hypocritical. It has to do with duty. Freedom and Liberty calls for voters to act in a to blame way and to grant ideal rewards and consequences for the outcome of events. you should income from the culmination of your man or woman labors and be held to blame for damage you reason. you could ascertain out the information for your self and draw your man or woman logical end. children are innocuous and could no longer be killed. Doing what it takes to change into pregnant is a decision, stay with the outcome. If a being pregnant became no longer a decision (rape or incest for instance) then an abortion is ideal if the mummy chooses that answer to the project. some murders deserve the shortcoming of life penalty. We get into problem when we want the authorities to take over what's our own duty to attend to.
2016-10-13 23:28:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All murderers should be executed....promptly and publicly.
Death not a deterrent?? HA!! Who are you kidding?? Why do so many of those killers "cop a plea" to AVOID the death penalty??
Adoption could be an alternative to abortion. Inconvenient? Okay, but better than taking the life of an innocent.
2006-06-29 14:11:10 · answer #8 · answered by Patricia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can be anti abortion and pro death penalty, you cannot be pro life if you believe in death for either. I am not pro abortion, however I think the government has no right to legislate morality. This should be something that is taught through school and in religious facility's. I am also anti-death penalty, there are to many mistakes in our justice system to allow its use.
2006-06-29 13:46:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure you can. It's a matter of innocence vs. guiltyness.
If a criminal is guilty of killing someone, I can see how they should be put to death. An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
A CHILD is completely innocent, which is why most people who are anti-abortion feel so strongly about it.
Based on your argument, when you said "killing is killing no matter what the rationale;" then that means you should be a vegetarian!:-)
2006-06-29 13:45:33 · answer #10 · answered by Brian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋