Please explain how one condemns Capital Punishment,but condones Abortion?

Question

This is quite frankly one of these things that are the reason people think the left is looney. It's okay to rip an unborn child from the womb in little pieces,or suck out it's brain and then pull it out intact,but it's not okay to codemn a brutal murderer to die? Sorry just don't get that one.

I would think supporting the opposite would be simple to understand. I support capital punishment because it is justice for the taking of an innocent life,and I oppose abortion because it is the taking of an innocent life. Quite obvious one would think.

Answer 1

I don't have a problem with abortion before the fetus is formed or if carrying the baby to term will endanger the mother's life. However, I also don't like the idea of the government being able to tell anyone what they can do with there body. Are we going to jail pregnant women who smoke or drink? I know of a man and a woman whose child clearly suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome, shouldn't they be jailed? How are we going to prevent abortion? Are we going to chain women to beds, force open their legs and make them give birth?

How do you feel about birth control? Because if we taught birth control - not abstinence which CLEARLY doesn't work - but real birth control, I am guessing that the number of abortions would go down by 80-90%.

What about revamping the absolute JOKE that is American foster care. If we had excellent foster care we could guarantee pregnant women that their children will be well taken care of.

It seems to me, without doing more than just banning abortion, we're just being stubborn and lazy to the detriment of all children.

My biggest problem with the death penalty is that innocent men have been put to death for crimes they didn't commit. If you're rich, like OJ Simpson, you can get away with murder. Otherwise, you could be poor and innocent and screwed. There is also the argument that a civilized society shouldn't put people to death. Jesus said turn the other cheek, no? And don't those on the right constantly argue (incorrectly) that our nation is founded on Christian ideals?

Plus, I honestly believe life imprisonment is the harsher sentence - especially if we force them to do hard labor 12 hours per day and get to poke them with a sharp stick every so often.

Answer 2

I agree with a great many people who think that abortion should be rare, but legal. I'm 62 years old, and have known women and girls who died having abortions because of the laws pre Roe v Wade. Abortion is a terrible way to end a pregnancy, but that does not mean that it should be illegal. What kind of life is it for a child to be born unwanted? I do not condone abortion, and I would imagine that most pro choice people do not.
Capital punishment is, in my opinion, not so bad. I oppose it only because it takes so long. Every year or two, the family of the victims have to see it all hashed out again on TV and in the papers. I oppose it simply because that a sentence of life without puts an end to the press coverage.
Now, reverse that, and explain how one can endorse capital punishment and reject abortion.
Cheers.

Answer 3

As a liberal, I too find this one hard to understand. I guess that's why I lean to the right a little. I feel like people should suffer the consenquences of their actions, and I really feel like they should get the same treatment, which they gave their victims. I know that won't happen, but our country will never be able to enforce laws effectively if we don't serve the actual punishment that we are all under the impression breaking the law entails. There should be no time, especially years and years to sit and wait and buy your time out. If you kill in anything other than self defense, you should get killed. You shouldn't merely get a DUI and a few years in jail if you are driving drunk and 'accidentally' kill a father and his son. You should be killed.

That's the problem with our country, we aren't enforcing the punishment that people should get if they do something wrong. If you look at other parts of the world that may appear too strict in their ways of punishment, they have a near non-existant crime level. Anyone who commits a crime knows they will pay for it. Here, there are murderers, rapists, child molesters, theives, kidnappers, all kinds of criminals running free. I think it's crap.

And everyday, I have become more pro-life. So in essence I am the opposite of what you mentioned. I don't like murder or killing innocent beings is what it comes down to.

Answer 4

So "Angel of Death" is Pro-Life? Or just asking a question?

What say you of Death Row Inmates who have been proved innocent by DNA or even Capital Punishment Recipients who have been exonerated after death? And of Capital Punishment being more often applied to the poor without resources of adequate defense, sometimes resulting in wrongful conviction?

Is loss of THIS innocent life more acceptable than that of the unborn? Reminder: Imperfection of the "System" would be a cause given for either Pro-Choice or Pro-Capital Punishment ... so please let's refrain from that line of reasoning.

I'm a "fan" wanting further dialog on the issue. You raise a valid question. My question is: How can one be Pro-Life and Pro-Capital Punishment if the reasoning is It's wrong and making a Mistake To Take Innocent Life? Because the USA System of Justice has by its own records wrongly convicted and executed innocent people.

Answer 5

I don't condemn either, but I suppose that some people may. Many people don't view the death penalty as humane for their own reasons, but don't wish to take the choice for abortion away from women.
My take:
I support the death penalty because I think there are certain crimes that deserve it. And statistically, many criminals that would be sentenced to death are not the sort that can be rehabilitated. I do think, however, that cases must be proven beyond a shadow of doubt before someone is put to death.
As for abortion, personally, I wouldn't do it, but I am pro-choice. I say this because if I learned I was pregnant, I would not be able to terminate because I'm pretty sure I would regret it for the rest of my life. But I'm 26 years old, and reasonably stable financially, so having a baby wouldn't hurt me or the child. But what about the little girl that gets raped and conceives? It is entirely possible for girls to conceive a child before their bodies are physically capable of childbirth. Should that little girl have the ability to ever have children stolen from her? No, I don't think so. I really think that no matter what people say, abortion is not something that is up to a lawmaker, it is a painful and personal choice.

Answer 6

That could require persons to be accountable for themselves. We each recognise Liberals do not wish that to occur, it could do away with the will for Democrat politicians. Sadly, they don't consider of Abortion is a beginning manage approach. It's a after the occasion inspiration. On the opposite hand, Literal devout people won't receive any factor instead of no intercourse as a beginning manage approach. The bible teaches us to search potential, scientific potential could depend. Prevention is a have to, schooling is needed. The liberals opt for this approach, however they could as an alternative take the parental position and supply father and mother no say what so ever(proscribing freedom and accountability once more), and drive kids more youthful, younger to move via intercourse eduction. Which is insane.

Answer 7

I don't believe in either. More specifically, I think capital punishment should be reserved for pedophiles, and abortion for life and/or health threatning situations to the mom-to-be. I don't even believe in abortion for rape victims, because I have a hard time holding that child-to-be responsible for something like that. There are ALWAYS people who desperately want a child to love. Nine months is really a small sacrifice. I mean, for a life.

Answer 8

Well, its simple. There is always a chance that the person on death row is innocent. It would suck condemning an innocent person to death.

As far as the abortion thing, while I'm against partial birth abortions, I'm pro choice otherwise. Here's why:

Unwanted pregnancies are likely to continue open the gap between the upper class and poverty. The rich get richer, and the poor increase in numbers. There is a direct correlation between crime and poverty. Increase in poverty, increase in crime. More thieves, rapists, murderers, and drug dealers. More racial and ethnic profiling. More convicting of the wrong guy and sending him to death row. See the pattern?

If I see a trend of more adoptions, then I'll switch sides to pro life. I'm not seeing that trend.

Answer 9

There are many Dems that are becoming pro-life. The choice isnt worth the innocent life. You will see Roe v. Wade overturned in a few years. Why? Science has disproved the legitimacy of abortion, at least the ones used in place of birth control. Im against the death penalty and abortion.

Answer 10

Not that I agree with them, but the answer is that even a murderer is a "person" to them, but a fetus is not.

It's the same dehumanization that made slavery and the Holocaust possible.

For those of you demanding that "the opposite" be explained, it's quite simple.

Before anyone is sentenced to die in a court of law, they have two trials. One to establish guilt, and another totally independent one where they can plead mitigating circumstances. They get a trial, and notice I didn't even claim it was "fair". Even after that, they do have appeals and the opportunity to request clemency from the Governor.

Can you say the same thing for abortion?

Like it or not, that's the difference.