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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious.

It's not "pro-life." It's "anti-abortion." Use the correct terminology.

I was going to post the same. OP they are "anti-choice."

There are many choices in life. In this case, I'm anti-abortion and pro-life.

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Google nuns on the bus or catholic network. Sister Simone has been on Jon Stewart. She is a highly effective advocate for the poor. Honestly, I wish the nuns on the bus could run their own parish....then I'd be inclined to attend their masses where I could be more fully engaged in their advocacy. For the record, I am a public interest lawyer doing advocacy related to homelessness and poverty...and these ladies are my heroes. They have shown me that I can still be a good catholic on my own terms by pursuing social justice.


If the nuns on the bus were currently the leaders of the Catholic church instead of the old men in Rome I'd consider going to church again. Til then...

The current Pope is very much an advocate of social justice.

I am pro life and not religious

I am pro-life and a Catholic. However, I am also a lawyer who understands the countervailing arguments surrounding the right to choose. What I wish is that everyone would acknowledge that abortion is bad, but it's something that has to happen in certain circumstances. I think war is an apt analogy. Nobody would deny the horror of war, but sometimes it's a necessary evil. To me, abortion is similar.

Religion has not shaped my views. At all. I wasnt raised in a religious home. I am agnostic at best - probably atheist but I just don't know. Just like I don't know when life starts. I don't call myself pro life because I definitely believe there are occasions when ending the baby's development is appropriate, like if its life is incompatible with mom's life. I think a woman should get to choose if she wants to continue a pregnancy that will result in fetal death, still birth, or baby's death after birth. I believe strongly that drugs that prevent implantation should be permitted even for teen girls. But I am not exactly full on pro choice either. I've been pregnant and watched my sonograms. That lima bean was wiggling around a lot (living?) not just sitting there, so that to me is life. That moment was where it went from a hypothetical debate, where I'd always argued from the pro choice viewpoint, to very real and very complicated. Much more so than just are you "pro choice/pro life."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious.

It's not "pro-life." It's "anti-abortion." Use the correct terminology.

I was going to post the same. OP they are "anti-choice."

Or "anti-woman." Take your pick.

Nondenominational, Evangelical Bible church.

Eastern Orthodox, but currently go with DH to Lutheran Church. Don't agree with a lot of the Orthodox Church's conservatism, but am definitely prolife.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious.

It's not "pro-life." It's "anti-abortion." Use the correct terminology.

I was going to post the same. OP they are "anti-choice."

Presbyterian

Roman Catholic

Anonymous wrote:Google nuns on the bus or catholic network. Sister Simone has been on Jon Stewart. She is a highly effective advocate for the poor. Honestly, I wish the nuns on the bus could run their own parish....then I'd be inclined to attend their masses where I could be more fully engaged in their advocacy. For the record, I am a public interest lawyer doing advocacy related to homelessness and poverty...and these ladies are my heroes. They have shown me that I can still be a good catholic on my own terms by pursuing social justice.

If the nuns on the bus were currently the leaders of the Catholic church instead of the old men in Rome I'd consider going to church again. Til then...

Catholic who considers herself semi-faithful at best. Against abortion, against the death penalty, vegetarian, etc. Pro-birth control and gay rights. i do understand why people would want an abortion and I think that the pro-life movement has been hurt by some (not all) who would then look down on a teen raising her baby, etc.

Anonymous wrote:Catholic. Pro-life/anti-abortion except in very limited circumstances such as mother's life in danger and incompatible with life scenarios. Very torn on the issues of rape and incest.

However, I am pro-birth control.

Very pro death penalty. Like a PP, my personal feeling is that child molesters deserve slow, painful deaths. Constitutional Amendment prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment should be defined in the context of the crime itself.

What happens if they are wrongfully convicted? Are you OK with innocent people being tortured and killed by the government?

Catholic. Pro-life/anti-abortion except in very limited circumstances such as mother's life in danger and incompatible with life scenarios. Very torn on the issues of rape and incest.

However, I am pro-birth control.

Very pro death penalty. Like a PP, my personal feeling is that child molesters deserve slow, painful deaths. Constitutional Amendment prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment should be defined in the context of the crime itself.