If you agree with the right of abortion.?

Question

Why do you fight against the death penalty ? Isn't killing just plain killing ?

Answer 1

I don't, I believe in both. However, everyone does not believe that life begins at conception.

Answer 2

Many pro lifers are among the strongest opponents of the death penalty. (The US Conference of Catholic Bishops, for example.) Here are answers to some questions often asked about the practical aspects of the death penalty. The sources are listed below.

What about the risk of executing innocent people?
124 people on death rows have been released with evidence of their innocence, many having already served over 2 decades on death row.

Doesn't DNA keep new cases like these from happening?
DNA is available in less than 10% of all homicides. It is not a guarantee against the execution of innocent people.

Doesn't the death penalty prevent others from committing murder?
No reputable study shows the death penalty to be a deterrent. To be a deterrent a punishment must be sure and swift. The death penalty is neither. Homicide rates are higher in states that have it than in states that do not.

So, what are the alternatives?
Life without parole is now on the books in 48 states. It means what it says. It is sure and swift and rarely appealed. Life without parole is less expensive than the death penalty.

But isn't the death penalty cheaper than keeping criminals in prison?
The death penalty costs much more than life in prison. Extra costs include those due to the complicated nature of both the pre trial investigation and of the trials (involving 2 separate stages, mandated by the Supreme Court) in death penalty cases and subsequent appeals. There are more cost effective ways to prevent and control crime.

What about the very worst crimes?
The death penalty isn’t reserved for the “worst of the worst,” but rather for defendants with the worst lawyers. When is the last time a wealthy person was sentenced to death, let alone executed??

Doesn't the death penalty help families of murder victims?
Not necessarily. Murder victim family members across the country argue that the drawn-out death penalty process is painful for them and that life without parole is an appropriate alternative.

So, why don't we speed up the process?
Many of the 124 innocent people released from death row had already been there for over 2 decades. If the process is speeded up we are sure to execute an innocent person.

But don’t Americans prefer the death penalty as the most serious punishment?
Not any more. People are rethinking their views, given the facts and the records on innocent people sentenced to death. According to a Gallup Poll, in 2006, 47% of all Americans prefer capital punishment while 48% prefer life without parole.

Answer 3

I'm against both abortion and the death penalty. Isn't the government supposed to be protecting the lives of its people?

Answer 4

Abortion is not about the"rights" of a woman. It's advocates are more concerned with the billion dollar industry that it has become. Like cancer treatment, there's too much money to be made and the rich folks will not try to find a solution to the abortion question or a cure for many illnesses. A woman's right, Ha! what a crock!

Answer 5

You forgot there is another person involved in the abortion debate, and that until recently no one would have considered a fetus as having full human rights.

It is a woman's right to control her body without being told what to do by the rest of society. Forcing a woman to carry a child that she doesn't want is tantamount to slavery.

The death penalty is a punishment for a crime that has already happened. It is not beneficial, and turns all of society into murderers. There is no one's life made better by killing a convicted murderer.

Answer 6

I'm all for abortion and the death penalty. Anything to lower the amount of people on earth is a good thing.

Answer 7

I agree with the choice for abortion.

I agree with the death penalty.

They are clearly not the same thing.

Abortion is removing a clump of cells that may one day take a breath and become human. The death penalty is removing a human from the planet for their crimes (usually killing someone).

Answer 8

Well depends on what you define as a life. Why is animals life worth more than a humans. Oh i forgot some book that was written by MAN tells us so. your right killing is killing plain and simple but I'm pretty sure that a lot of the people who are against abortion eat that big steak at dinner but don't think about how much suffering they have caused by supporting animal slavery.

Don't get me wrong I'm not against killing animals for food if you have the will to kill one your self by all mean i support you. but if you have never killed one and you go get your meat from the grocery store then you are a hypocrite. And if your against abortion and you eat meat then your an even bigger hypocrite.

There is a reason none of us remember when we were in the womb. Cause we don't have consciousness then

Answer 9

I agree with the right to choose..

I am not against the death penalty..

You assume far too much..

Answer 10

I don't fight the death penalty. There are actions that totally remove a persons right to exist in this world.
I also fully support doctor-assisted suicide.

Answer 11

Your right it is killing. But, so is the murder of a unborn child..The mother should be held responsible and should spend time in prison for having an abortion. An eye for a eye isn't right.