Pro-life

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Related Viewpoints 3 Links 3.1 Filed Links 3.2 News & Views

[edit] Overview

Pro-life refers to the view that any decision in which a human life is ended is wrong, regardless of the reason, and should be illegal in most if not all cases.

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The list of proscribed actions includes:

• abortion
• euthanasia
• suicide

[edit] Related Viewpoints

• People who express a "pro-life" point of view generally:
  • tend to be against gun control and sex education.
  • seem to do it for religious reasons

These are purely personal observations at this point; where can relevant data be found?

[edit] Links

[edit] Filed Links

• 2006-11-07 /S/D/ O Brave New World, please come to pass “After considering the ethics of this experiment and the consequences of the work if it panned out (...), I have a more nuanced and thorough response: we are ethically, morally, and scientifically required to carry out this research and make it work. .. There are good reasons for supporting it. One is on general principles... Another is that I think it highlights beautifully the silliness of the Sacred Zygote position. When we can make human embryos from a white blood cell extracted from a popped pimple, the whole "but it's a potential life" argument acquires a new and interesting dimension, don't you think?” In other words, what do you do when any human cell is a "potential life"? Are you obligated to see it through to completion?
• 2006-08-29 /S/D/ Michael Gerson and the new Republican alibi for crippling stem cell research “Seen as a smart political compromise... by who? Everyone I know saw it as a sham, a transparent attempt to put in place an effective ban on the research while keeping a few excuses handy to block criticism. The rest of the paragraph is built entirely on a false assumption, that what Bush was doing was defending "human life" (it's a tiny collection of cells, the humanity of which wasn't even accepted by religious tradition) and phrasing blastulae as "lives of the weak" is putting a ridiculous spin on it.”
• 2006-08-25 /S/D/ What Happens To All Those Unused Embryos? “As most of you know DefCon ran an aggressive campaign this summer, targeting the religious right’s war on stem cell research, and fighting for the hope and health of millions of Americans. The religious right’s key talking point throughout this battle has been focused on “defending embryos” — which they consider to be the same as a walking, talking 5 year old. .. While we typically chose not to engage them on that level, when we did, we quickly pointed to the fact that virtually all of the embryonic stem cells that would be used for research would otherwise be discarded anyway, making their “destruction of life” argument moot. .. For all the doubters out there, now you can see it for yourself. Click here to see footage of these unused embryos being discarded, literally thrown into a wastebasket.”

[edit] News & Views

• 2007-10-20 Where Is The Catholic Right's Outrage Over the S-CHIP Veto? by Frank Cocozzelli: "...judging by their deafening silence over President Bush's veto of legislation that would extend State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) coverage to lower-middle class children, their zeal to protect life apparently ends at birth."