The right-to-life movement or pro-life movement opposes abortion, assisted suicide, and euthanasia on moral grounds. It is closely related to the anti-abortion movement and anti-euthanasia movement. The difference is that while the anti-abortion focuses on abortion and anti-euthanasia movement focuses on euthanasia and assisted suicide, the right-to-life movement covers all three issues. The terms "right to life" and "pro-life" are generally associated more with opposition to abortion than to assisted suicide and euthanasia, and many right-to-life organizations primarily focus on abortion, but most organizations oppose all three.[1][2] The consistent life ethic, held by some in the right-to-life movement, opposes not only abortion, assisted suicide, and euthanasia, but also capital punishment and war.
In the United States, the National Right to Life Committee is the largest right-to-life organization.[3]
The right-to-life movement is often associated with Christianity (especially Catholicism) and the Republican Party, but groups such as Secular Pro-Life and Democrats for Life of America hold anti-abortion and anti-euthanasia views for other reasons.[4] [5]
Notes and references
edit- ^ "National Right to Life Mission Statement | National Right to Life". 25 July 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Euthanasia & End of Life Issues". Students For Life of America. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "National Right to Life Convention kicks off in Jacksonville". Florida Independent. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "Secular Pro-Life". Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "DFLA - Pro-Life for the Whole Life - Democrats For Life of America". Democrats for Life of America. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
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