[eleni121]

Controlling, hindering, and preventing self-inflicted harm are not legitimate functions of government.

I would agree with this statement except that use of drugs does inflict harm to other non users.

BTW - where do libertarians stand on abortion - inflicting harm on another?

[MrLeRoy]

use of drugs does inflict harm to other non users.

Is that harm a violation of rights?

where do libertarians stand on abortion - inflicting harm on another?

Those who recognize (as I do) that the unborn child is an "other" are opposed to abortion.

[Mike4Freedom]

BTW - where do libertarians stand on abortion - inflicting harm on another?

Libertarians are nicely split on the abortion issue, just like the Democrats and Republicans. While our first principle is non-agression, there is the usual factual debate on whether a fetus is a human or not.

I personally come down on the side of life begins at conception and my feeling is that the party is nearly equally split. Our platform has a pro-choice plank (left over from the founding in 1972) and it takes 2/3 vote to change it. So far that has not been achieved, but it comes up at every national convention.

And no, I will not leave the party because of this. Where would I go? Every other party is split as well and I agree with more Libertarian principles that any other party.

[realpatriot71]

I would agree with this statement except that use of drugs does inflict harm to other non users.

Come on! The use of the drug, the chemical, affects only the person using, the irrespeconsible behavior of the individual after using said drugs is the individual's fault. You sound like a liberal blaming guns for gun violence.

BTW - where do libertarians stand on abortion - inflicting harm on another?

Many libertarians are pro-life. I am.