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This group was against abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, militarism, poverty and racism. [42] Beginning in 1983, American Catholic Cardinal Joseph Bernardin argued that abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, and unjust war are all related, and all wrong. He said that "to be truly 'pro-life,' you have to take all of those issues into ...
The abortion debate is a longstanding and contentious discourse that touches on the moral, legal, medical, and religious aspects of induced abortion. [1] In English-speaking countries, the debate has two major sides, commonly referred to as the "pro-choice" and "pro-life" movements.
An anti-abortion demonstration in Rome in 2019. Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in response to the legalization of elective abortions.
Reason talked with pro-life Americans who are uncomfortable with the post–Roe v. Wade abortion policy landscape. These Pro-Lifers Don't Love Abortion Bans (opinion)
Even for most pro-life advocates, including myself, this is not a reason for abortion, but it is an example of a rare circumstance in which a baby’s birth can be challenging, if not painful.
Pro-life groups say they spent decades pushing for Roe v. Wade to be overturned and that this is not what the Supreme Court had in mind when they returned abortion to the states.
The earliest citation for an abortion-specific sense of the term is a 1971 reference in the Los Angeles Times to "pro-life, anti-abortion educational programs". [2] The adjective pro-life seems to derive from earlier constructions involving the word life used by opponents of legal abortion, particularly the phrase "right to life".
Pro-life arguments over the decades have succeeded in narrowing the public latitude for such decisions. But we are nowhere close to a consensus that abortion needs to be restricted in every state.