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Originally Posted by G1911
A person who is against abortion has determined that a fetus is a life, that that life is human, and that it is thus wrong to murder this innocent life.
A person who is for the death penalty thinks that some particularly vile crimes should include death as a possible punishment, after trial and conviction for said crime.
I don't see any contradiction between these viewpoints. The argument that it is a contradiction ignores the factor of guilt entirely.
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That life is sacred and should be preserved does not mean there are not instances when taking it is justifiable. Agree, it's a false inconsistency.