It is primarily the poor and persons of color who are in danger of receiving the penalty of death. Death is irreversible. Innocents have been executed and innocent people have died of disease while living on death row. The governor of Illinois declared a moratorium on executions when it was brought to his attention that innocent prisoners in Illinois have come within days or hours of their execution. Abortion is irreversible.
Capital punishment is more expensive than life in prison.
Abortion is more expensive than allowing a child to be born. How about pondering the first 5 verses of Jeremiah 1. 10. Much of the world, including all of Western Europe, has forsaken use of the death penalty. There is growing international pressure for the United States to give up what is considered to be a barbaric practice by much of the world. Much of the world is engaged in the practice of destroying the unborn.