I just saw this question asked the opposite way(Pro-Choice/Christian) and thought it was quite interesting. I just wanted to see the other side of it too.
2007-11-23 03:59:50 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Almost all atheists are pro-life. In fact atheists are more likely to be pro-life than are believers.
If you mean "are there any atheists who support the movement to ban abortions?", then of course you'll find far fewer, though there still are certainly many of them.
2007-11-23 04:16:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
By pro-life, I assume you mean anti-abortion. The two are totally different things.
Being pro-life means, in addition to abortion, you don't believe in the death penalty either. If you believe and support the death penalty, you are not pro-life, but, rather anti-abortion.
Like the general population, atheists have the same ideas about both...pro and con.
Personally, I think strapping down a perfectly healthy human being on a table and pumping deadly drugs into the arm is nothing short of murder. That's what the death penalty is; state-sanctioned murder...no different than the thugs on the street.
As for abortion, I believe a woman has the right to make her own decisions concerning reproduction. It is her body. No one can force a woman to have a baby against her will....
The two issues are not related, at all.
2007-11-23 12:08:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I am a Pro-life Atheist.
2007-11-23 12:12:11 · answer #3 · answered by Judge Rudy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure, I've seen comments from some pro-life atheists. It doesn't have to be related to any belief in gods. It can just be a matter of ethics and considering a fetus to be a person.
2007-11-23 12:03:11 · answer #4 · answered by Matthew O 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes. More so than pro-choice christians
2007-11-23 12:05:48 · answer #5 · answered by Psychedelic Pantheist 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All atheists are pro life. This is the only one there is.
2007-11-23 12:43:07 · answer #6 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a sense, I am.
I do not support abortions after 22 weeks (this coincides with the development of the neo-cortex), except in the case of endangering the life of the mother.
2007-11-23 12:11:53 · answer #7 · answered by skeptic 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm pro life. I'm also pro choice.
2007-11-23 12:03:50 · answer #8 · answered by punch 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i am pro life in the sense that i do not beleive in terminating life without consent, i however have a very different definition of what it takes to be considered alive/concious and when the start of such begins
2007-11-23 12:03:22 · answer #9 · answered by Seargent Gork 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
i've met a couple pro-life atheists
2007-11-23 12:13:37 · answer #10 · answered by supernothingx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋