[exodus]

To: thoughtomator
In the case of abortion, libertarian philosophy is at an utter loss in being able to provide answers to the question of when life begins or at what point does an individual have rights. Libertarianism takes from granted that these questions have answers, and ... cannot itself answer them... The abortion debate was one of many things that made me realize how bankrupt a philosophy libertarianism is.
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So Republicans have the answer to the abortion question?

The Republican Party officially oppose abortion, but we have a Republican President in office, and both his mother and his wife have said that they favor Choice, many Republicans nationwide are pro-choice, and many Freepers who claim to be Republican have said that they support that "right," too.

The Democrat Party officially approves of abortion, but many members of the Democratic Party are strongly against abortion, so they are no closer to an "answer" than the Republicans.

The search for an answer to this problem isn't a uniquely libertarian dilemma.

[traditionalist]

So Republicans have the answer to the abortion question?

No, but scholasticism, the Burkian tradition, and other conervative political philosophies do.

The Republican party is just that, a party, not a political philosophy.