Is it pro-life or pro-some life?
Can you be pro-life if you oppose abortion and support the death penalty?
Can you be pro-life if you support the right to abortion and oppose the death penalty?
You can only be pro-life if you have a consistent ethic that respects the dignity of all life. But I'll narrow it down and say the dignity of all human life.
I admire this ethic. It's something to strive for. And it's something I admire the Catholic faith for.
The Church's Anti-Death Penalty Position
Each of us is called to respect the life and dignity of every human being. Even when people deny the dignity of others, we must still recognize that their dignity is a gift from God and is not something that is earned or lost through their behavior. Respect for life applies to all, even the perpetrators of terrible acts. Punishment should be consistent with the demands of justice and with respect for human life and dignity.
—USCCB, A Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death
In Catholic teaching the state has the recourse to impose the death penalty upon criminals convicted of heinous crimes if this ultimate sanction is the only available means to protect society from a grave threat to human life. However, this right should not be exercised when other ways are available to punish criminals and to protect society that are more respectful of human life.
—USCCB, A Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death
Wow.... that might actually mean something more to me if I gave a flying fuck about what the "church" thinks.
Just as you are wrong when you think that all who oppose abortion are coming from a "every life is sacred" point of view.... you are equally wrong when you think all *pro lifers* are coming from a religious point of view.
It just goes to show how I'll informed you actually are.