Posted on 07/04/2007 2:45:56 PM PDT by Lorianne
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is little known outside his Texas congressional district or to libertarians who backed his quixotic third party bid for the presidency in 1988. But to those who know him, the obstetrician combines his views on freedom and liberty with a pro-life perspective. Paul told attendees at the National Right to Life convention recently that his views on abortion were solidified as a young doctor in training.
It was then that he saw a colleague leave a newborn infant to die rather than providing emergency medical treatment because he believed the baby had no chance at living more than a few hours.
For some libertarians, the view that government should be limited means that it shouldn't prohibit abortions or put any limits on them. Paul disagrees.
Asked by the Spartanburg Herald-Journal newspaper in South Carolina to spell out his abortion views vis-a-vis his views on the right to privacy, Paul says they go hand in hand.
"You have a right to privacy in your home - I don't want any cameras or any invasion in the home. Your home is your castle in a free society," Paul explained.
At the same time, "That doesn't give you the right to kill a baby in the bed."
"If there is another life involved, and that crib happens to be the uterus, the issue is not telling the woman what to do. The issue is whether there's another life," Paul told the newspaper.
"I tell my libertarian friends that if you have a live fetus, and it's 4, 5, 6, 7 pounds, and it has a heartbeat, and brainwaves, moves and sucks its thumb, and you kill him, you're committing an act of violence," Paul explained about his reconciliation of the two principles.
"So, it's a little more complicated than saying a woman can do what she wants with her body, and that's why it's been difficult for a lot of people to sort this out," Paul added.
Ultimately, Paul said he wants to see the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade and make it a state issue again, where state legislatures are free to pass abortion bans.
Remember when Clinton was elected the first time, when Perot was saying NAFTA would create the giant sucking sound of American jobs leaving the country? Clinton was labor’s friend, I remember thinking well at least one good thing will come out of Clinton getting elected - NAFTA will never get passed. But it flew through as if Bush 1 was still in office!! From that monent on I’ve realized both parties march to the beat of the same drummer. Oh they stand opposite on some issues when it’s “safe” to do so but mainly they do what they do as a diversionary show (much ike the games in Rome) while doing exactly what they want behind the pile of bones of appeasment thrown to us peons.
I don’t think Ron Paul is an insider thus he doesn’t have a ghost of a chance at actually becoming president.
Ron Paul has an excellent chance of becoming president. You will need to support him, however. I will.
He is the best candidate in the race (or about to be in the race).
How old are you?
You *can’t* be series.....
53, and yes, I am serious.
What books have you read about the Council on Foreign Relations?
Carroll, not Carrol.
“I guess you don’t have a problem with the CFR.”
I don’t believe I have ever had a conversation with you before so I ask - how do you know that?
I don’t know it.
If the CFR is as powerful as some think Ron Paul has even less of a chance of becoming president.
Can’t buck the beast.
The first books I read on the CFR were ones by Gary Allen, that was over thirty years ago. My uncle was a John Bircher, I grew up with American Opinion laying around the house. A book like None Dare Call it Conspiracy would have had you believe the world was going to be ruled with a one world communist government but instead the wall fell down and wacko Islamoblowbots are the current threat, a threat those weaving the conspiracy theories back then didn’t forsee at all.
Man will have his day in the sun trying to govern himself but there is only one one world government that will actually work, and until it is here I won’t sweat the CFR too much. I’ve learned that much watching things unfold over the last thirty years.
You are probably correct, but I’m still gonna vote for Ron Paul and support him on this forum.
Being a congressman kind screws the chances of becoming president, looking at congress’s approval rating gives a clue why.
If Ron Paul makes it to the primaries I’ll be impressed.
How in the world will Ron sell himself to a Rudy supporter let alone one of the 4X% that voted for French Poodle?
Reality bites.
Why are you bringing up Earmarks out of the blue on a thread dealing with abortion?
Bull. If a baby has a right to life in Georgia, it should have the right to life in New York.
Among pro choice libertarians the guiding principle of non aggression doesn’t count when it comes to the weakest among us. An interesting if totally invalidating concept one would think.
Amen to that.
Rudy has no supporters. This will become clear very soon.
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