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I agree with your last statement. You cannot be pro-life and support the death penalty. If life is sacred, then you object to killing another human being, period. However, you can be pro-choice and pro-life at the same time. You are simply saying that life already in existence (the pregnant woman) takes precedence of the possibility of life (an embryo). The pregnant woman is already living life as defined by the concept of viability. If you are pro-life, then the life of the pregnant woman is a primary concern. To place lesser value on her life simply because she has a possibiltity of producing that which, once born, could be an independent viable life is to disregard pro-life philsophies.
Likewise, to claim to be pro-life, and then to take the life of those who work in clinics that offer abortions is decidely not pro-life, as you are placing the possibility of life at a greater value than life in existence. You are making a moral value judgement on who deserves to continue living and who doesn't. Anytime you qaulify who deserves to live and who doesn't, you have drastically departed from the pro-life stance you claim to have.
Physician assisted suicide is not in conflict with true pro-life principles, either. It is stating that the individual has the right to make the decisions regarding their own life, but not the life of others. Likewise with the death penalty.
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