1. I'm pro-life, but I don't think, especially under the US Constitution, you should be able to impose your belief system on other people. Especially since much of the pro-life movement in the US is based on religious arguments, which is obviously bogus. I think since it's so difficult to draw a line and say where life truly begins after sperm hits egg, the line should be drawn at the moment where sperm hits egg. Boom. You got life. End of story. So in a perfect world I'd be pro-life, but in reality I'm pro-choice. 2. I guess under current circumstances I'm against the death penalty in the US. Only because putting someone to death is a vastly less efficient process than just putting someone in prison for life. But I think, really, if you're going to put someone in prison, why not just kill them? As bad as it sounds, they're just taking up valuable resources. So make the process to kill someone more efficient in this country and let's have at it.
I used to reason similarly, but this argument just doesn't work for me anymore. If you hold that people can't impose their beliefs on others even in cases of abortion, in which another person's life is being ended, how do you justify punishing someone for murder when they believe murder is morally admissible? I'm all for freedom ('Murica and all that), but I can't see a justification for it when maintaining one person's freedom infringes on another's fundamental rights (e.g. life). But I'm still pro-choice because I don't think abortion is murder.I don't think, especially under the US Constitution, you should be able to impose your belief system on other people.
Do you think it's a good idea to let the government have an efficient process of killing people? It's one of the main reasons I'm against the death penalty. I don't think the government should have this power especially when people are jailed for years over things like marijuana. Once a government has this power where are the lines drawn? It becomes a very slippery slope. So make the process to kill someone more efficient in this country and let's have at it.
I mentioned it in my own comment but I'll say it again here.