> Hmm. Any idea why that might be? It's not what I would call an intuitive answer...

It's the idea of killing an innocent person. (here's a hint, most pro-lifers {such as myself} believe that life begins at conception, or pretty closely thereafter. Which is women mourn just as much for a miscarriage as they would if their newborn baby had died.)

Vs putting to death a guilty murderer.

Ti'does that clear things up for you?'cia