Reply #116: execution is not a matter of individual choice. abortion is. [View All]

a murderer forfeits the choice of what to do with their body (be it execution, in some states, or incarceration) at the point of conviction. Execution is a choice made by someone else. Abortion is an individual choice about what said individual does with their body.

Personally, I think it's perfectly reasonable to be both pro-choice and anti-death penalty. I see no conflict whatsoever. Pro-choice is a position based on the ethic that a woman ought to have control over what happens to her body, while opposition to the death penalty can be based on any number of factors--the belief that the state shouldn't be involved in taking a non-threatening human life, the belief that the justice system is inherently unfair, the belief that the risk of executing an innocent person outweighs the benefit of executing the guilty, or any of a number of other reasons, none of which pose any conflict with the notion that a woman ought to have final say over what happens to her body.