Question about "pro-life"

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I’ve been reading stuff on this forum for approximately 2 months now. The #1 thing I noticed the most is that Catholics are 1000% pro-life.

As someone who’s lived not a great life due to all the situations that have happened - no fault of my own in most - it unfortunately has left me to think extremely deeply about life itself and I’ve truly wondered if life is really worth living.

My question is, why are Catholics so pro-life? Can’t they see and recognize the troubles and stresses life brings?

When one is pro-life, that to me says they want someone to live a life full of suffering and anguish.

If anyone could explain and give me a good reason!
 
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Often with these sorts of questions, it can be helpful to think of the flip-side. So in this case/example, why are Catholics not pro-death? What would being pro-death look like?

For clarification, Catholics are pro-life not just in regard to abortion but to all humans at all stages of life.
 
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Can’t they see and recognize the troubles and stresses life brings?
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Yea, but some of us try to emphasize on the beauty, joy and love that can be filled in life.

See it’s full of God’s mercy, grace and compassion.

There is pain this this word but their is also joy.
 
Most of us have had deep sufferings and anguish.

The thing is to live and love and help your fellow man anyway
 
Christ promised us that this world would bring suffering and trials, even persecution. He also promised that we would not be alone in that suffering.

It is my job to bring comfort, joy, simple companionship to every person I encounter.

To paraphrase St Teresa, Christ has no hands on earth but yours.

I am pro life because every person has dignity and worth.
 
What if someone was suffering from an incurable, horrible disease and the only end to the anguish was dying? Catholics would object to that, would they not?
 
Well we all have struggles in life some more some less but if we understood that what we suffer in this life is really nothing compared to what we could receive at the end of it.
If we can endure trying our best not only to do what is right for us but also for our fellow brothers and sisters our reward is assured.
Our life is a gift from GOD, our sufferings should help us understand that whatever we endure is little compared to what Jesus endured because HE loves us. If we join our sufferings to Christ’s we gain as St Paul wrote. Not that Jesus was not sufficient but that HE welcomes us into HIM pain and all. I met a lady who was my neighbor she was diagnosed with ALS but still because her faith was strong, I can say she led whatever time she had here with courage, dignity and love. She had what we Catholics call a “happy death” not because she was pain free but because she never lost her faith.
Looking forward to see her again sometime in the future GOD willing.
When we see that whatever trials we go thru, if we learn from them they are for our own good.
Now if on the other hand we just dwell on the pain, we close ourselves in and probably lead a very miserable life. Possibly shutting down everybody out.

Peace!
 
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What if someone was suffering from an incurable, horrible disease and the only end to the anguish was dying? Catholics would object to that, would they not?
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We don’t object to dying.

We object to killing—either ourself or other person.
 
I don’t really see what kind of answer you are expecting. Being Pro-Life doesn’t mean being delusional about life’s challenges. It is about valuing even a difficult life as preferable to death. Death is an accident of humanity’s sinfulness. All forms a suffering are ultimately a result of our broken nature. We find hope in Christ that, that he suffered once on the cross that we may find comfort for all time in union with him.
 
The joys appear to be temporary. From my own personal experience/observation and from seeing what family and friends go through, there are joys but they don’t last.
 
It is the job of Christians to bring comfort to those suffering an incurable illness.

I, myself, have a serious condition from birth that means I live in constant pain, that as I age I become more and more disabled. So many surgeries, the most recent had a terrible outcome and I’m now in the worst shape of my life.

This condition also causes severe social stigma and emotional pain from the way others react.

I say this so you know I know suffering without end. When I get so down, my friends from around the world help to comfort me. I also work closely with my doctor to make sure depression does not gain a foothold, that is also God’s mercy.

Pope John Paul II wrote so beautifully on the redemptive value of suffering, reading those words changed my life.
 
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When one is pro-life, that to me says they want someone to live a life full of suffering and anguish.
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So you’re saying we should kill all babies because they’ll almost certainly experience some troubles and suffering during their life?

Or are you saying that when we run up against some trouble in life, we should just opt out of continuing to live?

We ALL have trouble and suffering in life.
 
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“Our life is a gift from GOD, our sufferings should help us understand that whatever we endure is little compared to what Jesus endured because HE loves us.”

And how is life a gift?

I’m sorry, I don’t understand how suffering has anything to do with what Jesus endured because he “loves us”. Loves us to suffer??
 
I’m sorry, I forgot to add a sentence. I was going to say what if the person suffering wanted to be euthanized because that’sthe only way to end the suffering? Would Catholics still object to that?
 
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The joys appear to be temporary. From my own personal experience/observation and from seeing what family and friends go through, there are joys but they don’t last.
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I don’t mean to be personal, but this sounds like someone who is suffering from depression.

It’s not how most people feel about life. For most of us, life has peaks and valleys. There are times of joy, times of suffering, and times where stuff is just okay/ neutral. All of it is a learning and growth experience.
 
I think you tend to define a great and joyful life full of love that requires us to feel good. Ever heard the phrase “hard work is the dream work”? Well this is true. Child brith may feel good, it may not, it may be stressful over time or not but the key thing to understand is that bringing a life into the world is full of life lessons that we can all benefit from. Love is not doing something for yourself and others whether it feels good or not:)
 
“Death is an accident of humanity’s sinfulness. All forms a suffering are ultimately a result of our broken nature”.

What do you mean death is an accident? It sounds to me like it was a plan! Your god is all-knowing, right? Therefore he KNEW about humanity and our “broken nature” and planned death anyway, along with suffering. What kind of god do you worship??
 
I’m sorry you suffer from that. Hope you’re doing well despite of.
 
There’s are also the ethical and philisophical sides of abortion to discuss however. I think if you look at Trent Horns book on abortion, you’ll understand a lot better. Trent is a rebound philosopher who has studied bio ethics so he’s pretty knowledgeable on this feild
 
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