Originally posted by Scribble
Personally, I think that if you're strictly pro-life, not giving a shit about what happens to the child after it's been born makes you a complete hypocrite. If you value human life that much, then you should value it regardless of the circumstances.
There's a huge difference between not wanting the government to force you to help someone, or even not being willing to help someone, and not holding the standard that people shouldn't hurt them. If I don't give a homeless person my property, I'm not violating their rights. If I run up to and stab a homeless person I am violating their rights.
I agree that people should care about poor people, and many people, such as myself and Ben Shapiro, who are against government compelled welfare participate in private charities. I think on a moral level (not on a legally compelled level) you have an obligation to help poor people. If you aren't willing to help someone, as bad as I think that is, you have not lost the credibility to say someone else should not commit an act of aggression against them.