Pro-life or Pro-fetus (reworded to people will understand my question)?

Question

I'm sorry my last question was so long, and I appeciate the answers, but this is the question I wanted answered:


If you say you are Pro-life, are you Pro- all life, or just Pro-fetus?

I am not arguing with you being against abortions, that's fine, you can think what you want.

But shouldn't Pro-life mean you think ALL life is sacred?

Answer 1

like, why are pro-lifers often the same people who believe in the death penalty?

Food for thought.

Answer 2

Well I'm pro choice and I've had this argument with people before...and in here you probably aren't going to get any pro lifers that honestly answer your question.

What I have been told before by a pro life is that the baby is an innocent being that didn't ask to be conceived and it's not fair to the baby to abort it. They said that a cow, or any other "food" animal is there specifically for food. (my opinion is that the cow didn't ask to be born for food, so that's still not fair to them). They (some of them) still believe in the death penalty because the person on death row deserved to be there, and the fetus is innocent. Every argument I've ever gotten is that the fetus is innocent of any wrong doing and it's not fair to the fetus. So they're not pro-all life (the ones that you're asking anyway), they're just pro fetus.

Answer 3

This has perplexed me as well. I have no problem with someone being pro-life but there has to be consistency.

Most pro-lifers state they hold "human life" sacred.

As a general rule- Catholics consider human life everything from our eggs and sperm, zygotes, stem cells, fetuses, unborn babies and all human beings outside the womb.

For Protestant denominations (that allow contraception) human life is just zygotes, stem cells, fetuses and unborn babies. They however allow the death penalty and would quote from the Old Testament to justify this, the same Old Testament they quote from to denounce "killing" (Thou shalt not kill). So I can understand the confusion.

However Catholics also are against the death penalty, so at least there is consistency there. But then again, BOTH sects have supported war where millions have been killed.

What is so amazing still about all this is that the bible is actually PRO-Abortion, if you were to take it literally. For example:

When Moses had to number the people, fetuses and infants less than one month old did not count as persons. See Leviticus 27: 6 and Numbers 3:15-16.

God sometimes approves of killing fetuses in Numbers 31:15-17. Many of the woman who "knew a man" would have been pregnant as well. In Hosea 9:16 God actually says he will slay "the fruit of your womb" as punishment. Hosea 13:16 is really gross it says pregnant women's bellies will be ripped up as punishment. In Genesis 38:24, the penalty for a pregnant woman's whoredom is that she be burnt alive along with her unborn child. In Numbers 5:21-21, 27-28, it actually talks about the priests giving a woman 'bitter water' to drink that will make her miscarry in order to prove her infidelity.

What is also interesting is that the bible (if taken literally) says that you become a "human soul" when God breathes the breath of life into you. For many, including many Jewish people, that means that you are not fully a human being nor posesss a soul, until you take your first breath.

Answer 4

Your question is faulty. (I think I do understand your point though.) But it's a bit like saying that someone who is "pro-choice" shouldn't stop at the birth canal. If your college drop out son comes back home, can a "pro-choicer" kill him, because they don't want the inconvenience of having him at home? See? It doesn't really fit, does it?

Instead, the reality of my pro-life stance is this. I believe God exists. I believe He told us who He is and what His desires are in His bible. So.... I read the bible and stand with God on issues. If He says He knew me in my mother's womb, then I was already ME when I was a fetus. So God's view of abortion is that it is killing a person - so MY view of abortion is that it is killing a person.

God also says that we should pray for our leaders, and we should do as our government says. So if some wacko decides to murder a doctor who performs abortions, I will do whatever I can to prevent it, or to help prosecute the murderer (the wacko, not the doctor). I also stand with my government's decision (as the bible says I should) to have the death penalty, and to use military force to try to keep us safe and to help eliminate tyranny in other parts of the world.

Answer 5

I am pro-life. There are some qualifications however. There are instances where the death penalty makes sense - easy example is of course a Ted Bundy / J Gacy, etc. War is a tougher issue, as is the use of any lethal force.

We are to be good stewards. Being a good steward requires humane treatment of animal life, but not a complete elimination of killing animals.

All life is valuable, but 'sacred?' I don't know about that. Plant life is valuable, but to be honest, I don't have any problem pulling crab grass, and smiling at a dead dandelions.

Answer 6

i am pro life. a fetus is a life. i try to do what i can when i hear about the unethical treatment of animals.
birth control would be a great way to prevent the whole situation (for the most part)
personal responsibility would be a great thing to see. years ago, i had unprotected sex, and i got pregnant. my parents and family wanted me to get an abortion - i didn't. i did the deed, now i had to take responsibility for that. now i have a wonderful 14 yr old son. my daughters were both conceived while using condoms - they broke. so none of my children were planned, but none were aborted/killed just so i wouldn't have to change my lifestyle

Answer 7

I am pro-life. By that, I am mainly referring to the life of an unborn child. Still, I do believe that all life is sacred. While I support the death penalty only in cases where there is definitive proof of one's guilt in the taking of someone's life, I support the death penalty with the extreme sadness that another person has to die. I have sympathy for the person who has to be punished for their deeds by paying with their life, yet I also recognize that we all have to face the consequences, good or bad, of our actions. I feel bad that people have to die in war and that we often have to kill in order to avoid being killed ourselves or in order to protect innocent others from being killed. I have respect for all life and wish that nobody had to be killed for any reason. Wishing it doesn't make it practical however. For me, if there is any way that a person doesn't have to die, then their life should be spared. Only if a person's death is the only feasible and reasonable solution to something, should their life be taken. All life is sacred to me, but particularly the lives of the unborn who have absolutely no say in their conception or their death.

Answer 8

All human life, YES! I am against the murder of unborn children, the murder of the infirm, the murder of the elderly, the murder of criminals, and the murder of anyone else. But if you are talking about plant and animal life, these elements of the natural environment were given to us by God for our use. You cannot easily exist without killing. The only way would be a diet of nothing but fruit and milk. Even eating vegetables means killing them. We have multiple examples both from the example and from the teaching of Jesus Christ, indicating that such killing is the will of God for the human race.
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Answer 9

All life is indeed sacred. I am pro life. I could not have an abortion, I am against the death penalty and war.

I do, however, support the rights of women who, for whatever reason, do not wish to have a child. I can believe as I do without imposing my views on others.

Answer 10

I think all life is sacred. i feel bad killing ants that get in my house. I AM however pro-choice and a vegetarian and practicing to be vegan later. I'm anti-suffering. If the Fetus can't feel pain and it's before a certain time it is the womans right if she feels she should, abort the fetus before it feels pain.

Answer 11

Splitting hairs, are we? Fine. Then I'm pro-INNOCENT life. Murderers, unborn children who threaten their mother's lives, and most politicians can shift for themselves.