How can Democrats be pro-abortion and anti-death penalty?

Question

I can never figure out how they can kill unborn babies and at the same time not be for putting to death the most heinous of crimals.

Answer 1

Confused values. Sorry, but true. They say a convicted murderer has more value than a fetus. Just the opposite is true. Even if you can argue the fetus is not alive (but they fail to explain the viable baby in third trimester and partial birth abortions) the fetus is more valuable to society and the individuals than a convicted murderer.

So following Beach Bum's logic, if she was sick with AIDS, addicted to drugs, or lived in extreme poverty, she'd rather be dead. Besides AIDS, the other problems can be solved.

And following moe's logic, we are nothing more than animals. Nudity is natural, so is public urination and sex in the animal world, but we don't accept those acts as people. We are not merely animals, and we have the power to help underprivileged people.

Answer 2

does no longer or not it is a reminiscent of ask how Republicans justify being professional-existence and helping the shortcoming of existence penalty? there is the numerous huge difference, Democrats are professional-selection which signifies that the female has the right to settle on no matter if to save her toddler as against being professional-abortion. you say professional-abortion as if Democrats are out affirming that each and every man or woman must have an abortion and that it is the proper ingredient on the face of the earth. What Dems are affirming is that contained in the first trimester a lady has the right to abort her infant or make certain to save it. Is it extra ideal to carry a toddler into this international with no want a thanks to feed, textile or in any opposite direction help it? look at what percentage toddlers we've up for adoption, and look at what percentage toddlers are abused by their mom and father, or neglected. Why might want to someone who can't look after a teenager be forced to carry that child into the international and make the youngster conflict through? also, Reps choose all conceived toddlers to be born yet do not favor to furnish them well being care and favor to eliminate any federal help to the mum and father of the youngsters because they're "mooching" off of the gov't. are not those contradictions besides? do not ask a question that supposes that the alternative don't have a similar issues.

Answer 3

"democrats" are not PRO-abortion. They are PRO-choice (most of them). There is a difference. The only reason I am pro-choice, and I am against second trimester abortions, is because there is nothing more sickening and degrading to society in general than neglected, unwanted and abused children. Pregnancy happens. And whether its legal or not, abortions happen and always have. I would far rather a person had the choice to say "this is not what I want, because I cannot afford or am not ready to have this child" than to be forced to twenty years of financial burden.

As far as the death penalty goes, it will always be unfairly meted out. If you hhave the money, you can buy the defense to protect you from the gas chamber. If you are poor, you cannot.

The moment there is that kind of disparity in something as important as the DP, then it should be rejected. It serves no constructive purpose to society at all.

Answer 4

How can Republicans talk about "the sanctity of life" and promote wars of aggression, applaud Israel's policy of "collective punishment", veto stem-cell research, and promote the death penalty?

Why are Republicans so concerned about the rights of the unborn, but have no concern for the "already born?
A third of the US homeless population are children. One in ten American children go to bed hungry. Underfunded and unfunded mandates like NCLB deny our children a proper education.

See, I can judge a third of the population by the actions of the few leading the party, too.

By the way, I am pro-life (birth until death) except for the most heinous criminals. I am also a liberal, and tend to vote Democrat.

Answer 5

It is the difference between an independent life versus a dependent one.

Just like, I don't understand why republicans say it is ok to unplug ppl from machines in comas because they are dependent on the machine to live BUT you say you are not ok with an abortion where a fertilized embryo is dependent for its life.

Also, why is it ok to commit the terrible sin, as you say, of aborting a fertilized embryo, yet most of you find it perfectly acceptable in cases of incest or rape. That makes no sense.

You think well in those cases I can understand why a woman shouldnt have the child.... but you want a woman to not be able to choose to not have an AIDs baby, drug addicte baby, a baby born into extreme poverty, etc...

No, you want them to have those babies and then you fuss that they need assistance.. accusing them of being lazy wanting to live off the state because they need help.

Republican = life is precious until you are born.

Answer 6

You can't generalize like that. First of all, there is a difference between being pro-abortion and being pro-choice. If it's MY uterus that is involved, I'll be making all decisions concerning it. And just FYI - I'm a democrat and pro-death penalty too.

Answer 7

Same way the Republicans are Anti-Choice and pro-death penalty.

Answer 8

Because putting a criminal to death effectively ends any means of punishing him or her.... and abortion is only natural. Animals in nature abort their unborn young if conditions aren't right to raise them. These are totally different issues so don't confuse people. Just like how Bush is trying to tie in stem cell research to abortion. TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES.

Answer 9

The same way they can have a party on the white house lawn after the pervert they elected Bill Clinton got f_ a teenager in the oval office.The same way they can say, they will raise taxes and drive us the working class into starvation, the same way they can say that social security does not need to be fixed, the same way that they say be gay it's OK etc. etc. etc.

Answer 10

Besides original sin, a baby is pretty much innocent and has potential to help the world, and then criminals have lost that potential.

But not all democrats "believe" in that. how the question was worded makes it seem like politcal stance seems like its a religion and that all democrats are the same.

Answer 11

Why are Republicans so completely incapable of understanding the definition of the word:

CHOICE.
???

What do we have to do, air lift dictionaries to the Red States??