This is very much off topic and has nothing to do with the article above; anyhow here are my views on the topics you have mentioned.

Abortion is very much about the rights of the women, the right to decide over their own body, a fundamental right in my opinion and the right to chose whether they feel capable of providing for that child at the moment.  If not, then it would be a great injustice to both mother and child if the child is born.

Abortion is never an easy choice for the mother and other persons involved, but as stated above, abortion is basically about the women's right to decide over her own body and is thus very much a Human Rights issue.

The death penalty is also about people's right to their own life.  Basically, no one have the right or the authority to take the life away from a human being.  You are allowed by law to defend yourself, but that does not mean you are granted the right to take some ones life, only that you are allowed to defend your own and if that ultimately means the death of some one else then you are in your right because you defended your own life and maybe prevented others from being taken in the process.  In this case the rule of law is abolished, by the perpetrator, and thus you have no other alternative than fight or flight.  

In peacetime the rule of law is usually functioning and thus the society is in control.  The perpetrator or the violator are not in control when incarcerated and thus are at the mercy of the State.  That is why there is no need for the death penalty other than for revenge, which I can not defend when it comes to taking life.  

Another strong argument against the death penalty is the fact that you might send the wrong man or women to the death chamber and thus kill an innocent human being.  If the perpetrator is imprisoned then a fault can be corrected, not so with the death penalty.  

In a situation of chaos and war, with no State to protect you from abuse and the rule of law has broken down, I have to admit I am more in doubt.      

It would of course be preferable if every one agreed to ban War, but this is in an ideal world and most of us know that we are not living in an ideal world.  That is why I am not a pacifist, but the use of force should only be applied as a defensive measure and when everything else is tried and to no avail.

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