I left the Libertaian Party for this reason: they started selling and passing out t-shirts that claimed they were “Pro-choice on everything”. Yes this included killing the pre-born. One thing I will not abide is killing innocent and people completely unable to defend themselves. Sorry charlie you can’t defend evil.
...but according to the LP platform, govt has no say in the matter. That is not the same as “defending evil”, is it?
Let’s take it to another level. If one were to proclaim the government has no say in whether parents should be able to kill their children up to the age of five years, would that constitute defending evil in your eyes?
Is abortion evil? Opinions differ. But for someone who believes it is evil, a position that no restrictions should be placed on it by definition constitutes “defending evil.”
This is the root fallacy of the pro-choice (or libertarian) position. It’s called “begging the question.” What any discussion of abortion should be aimed at settling is whether abortion is evil or not.
Yet pro-choice people, instead of proving by their argument why abortion is a good or at least morally neutral, just assume it is and move straight from this assumption to claims that interference with abortion are unjust.
If a political party had a platform saying that govenrment should have no say in property rights in what any adult does to any other adult (including battery and murder), would you consider that a neutral opinion or an unacceptable position defending theft and butchery?