All I can say is there will be a large number of republicans seeking a new party. Maybe they will help remove the LP's pro-abort plank, who knows, stranger things have occurred.
I was getting ready to change my registration to LP and had it all filled out, but I couldn't bring myself to send it in. At this point, I'm inclined to side with Mark Crutcher, of Life Dynamics -- Republicans are worthless. But I won't join the LP with their current plank.
If they changed:
Recognizing that abortion is a very sensitive issue and that people, including libertarians, can hold good-faith views on both sides, we believe the government should be kept out of the question.
We condemn state-funded and state-mandated abortions. It is particularly harsh to force someone who believes that abortion is murder to pay for another's abortion.
It is the right and obligation of the pregnant woman, not the state, to decide the desirability or appropriateness of prenatal testing, Caesarean births, fetal surgery, voluntary surrogacy arrangements, and/or home births.
To:
We condemn state-funded and state-mandated abortions. It is particularly harsh to force someone who believes that abortion is murder to pay for another's abortion.
Then I'm 90% there.