Oneatatime
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I'm pro choice in regards to abortion, at least when it's being done due to medical reasons or when the it's during the early stages of the pregnancy when it doens't really qualify as a sentient human being. I have qualms with late stage abortions at which point the baby is largely formed and believe that unless it's for medical reasons it's more appropriate to put the baby up for adoption once born rather than abort it. The mother may not like that but they've had the opportunity to abort in the early stages and in most cases becoming pregnant was a choice they made and they need to live with that choice.
In regards to the death penalty I have mixed feelings on the issue. My primary concern is that those executed may not be guilty and so we will be executing innocents and we can't bring someone back after we've kiled them whereas a prison sentence can be overturned. In cases where we are nearly 100% sure that the individual is guilty (Such as the guy who killed all those people in Norway) then the death sentence is appropriate. There are some dangerous people who can't be rehabilitated and intergrated back into society, and whose crimes warrant exectution due to the their severity.
So I guess I'm conditionally pro-choice and anti-capital punishment because of concern that innocents may be executed. I suspect that some some would see this as inconsistant but it is not. Abortion and the death penalty have a common theme of the ending of life but differ in the details. The death penalty does not deal with the issue of whether or not the subject of execution qualifies as being human, and we are not concened about issues of guilt or innocence (In legal terms) in regards to the developing fetus/embryo to cite a few examples.
In regards to the death penalty I have mixed feelings on the issue. My primary concern is that those executed may not be guilty and so we will be executing innocents and we can't bring someone back after we've kiled them whereas a prison sentence can be overturned. In cases where we are nearly 100% sure that the individual is guilty (Such as the guy who killed all those people in Norway) then the death sentence is appropriate. There are some dangerous people who can't be rehabilitated and intergrated back into society, and whose crimes warrant exectution due to the their severity.
So I guess I'm conditionally pro-choice and anti-capital punishment because of concern that innocents may be executed. I suspect that some some would see this as inconsistant but it is not. Abortion and the death penalty have a common theme of the ending of life but differ in the details. The death penalty does not deal with the issue of whether or not the subject of execution qualifies as being human, and we are not concened about issues of guilt or innocence (In legal terms) in regards to the developing fetus/embryo to cite a few examples.
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