Shane Claiborne has often tweeted, “I wish the Democrats cared more about life before birth, and I wish the Republicans cared more about life after birth.”

Me too.

Following Jesus makes me pro-life. I find I am more pro-life than many pro-life people.

For me, pro-life means:

• Opposing abortion, especially as a means of birth control.
• Opposing capital punishment. 
• Opposing war. All war.
• Opposing all forms of violence
• Promoting universal healthcare that includes mental health treatment 
• Eliminating food deserts.
• Providing safe, affordable housing for everyone.
• Banning guns except in the hands of trained, vetted and licensed persons
• Promoting environmentalism – clean air, clean water, less plastic, recycling everything possible, drastically lowering dependency on fossil fuels, promoting clean energy and renewable resources
• Providing green spaces and recreational areas
• Providing proper sanitation and clean drinking water worldwide
• Doing whatever is necessary to reverse global warming
• Alleviating poverty
• Alleviating all forms of bigotry, including racism
• Reforming police agencies
• Reuniting families
• Providing drug and alcohol treatment
• Promoting alternative sentencing for nonviolent offenders
• Prison reform
• Revamping exploitative capitalism
• Standing up against injustice and on the side of the marginalized 
• Treating others with respect
• Refusing to manipulate or coerce
• Welcoming strangers, foreigners, the poor, and the displaced

If you’re going to be pro-life, be pro-life, not just anti-abortion.