Abortion prohibitionism

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

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?

• Quiverfull "is a movement among conservative evangelical Protestant Christian couples chiefly in the United States, but with some adherents in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, and elsewhere. Its viewpoint is to eagerly receive children as blessings from God, eschewing all forms of birth control, including natural family planning and sterilization." -- sort of the ultimate pro-life position: quantity at any cost.

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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."