“The right speaks of personal freedom but not really.”
This is something social conservatives really need to confront, within themselves.
Are they really going to stand for small and limted government, or are they against big and intrusive government ONLY if and when it makes on imposition on their sensibilities.
I wish they saw there is common ground.
For instance: That common ground is found in the fact that Roe-v-Wade did not establish abortion as a “right”, as in the rights found in the Bill of Rights. Roe-v-wade means, and simply means abortion cannot be totally illegalized by the states. So, its “legal” like smoking cigarettes are “legal”.
So, in defense of the pro-choice folks, yes abortion is “legal”. But, in defense of the pro-life folks, just because the law says a woman CAN have an abortion, that is not a claim on anyone that THEY must provide it for her. She can go to anyone who agrees to provide it, but no one can be required to be that provider. And, the government cannot command anyone to be an abortion provider, against their will, just because of Roe-V-Wade. Just because it is “legal” does not make it mandatory for anyone not wishing to be part of it.
There are many current social issues that could be bridged this way between social conservatives and Libertarians.
As you can see, it takes Libertarian conservatives also admitting that there are limits to how far “legal” can be imposed against the Liberty of those not in favor of something.
The unborn person is forced to be a part of it - the part who is murdered.