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To: Dead Corpse

"Actually, I've stated my position and corrected your mis-representation of the LP party plank."

You are a liar. The Libertarian party platform says NOTHING about abortion being decided on the state level or by a Constitutional amendment:

Official Website of the Libertarian National Committee

I.8 Reproductive Rights

The Issue: The tragedies caused by unplanned, unwanted pregnancies are aggravated and sometimes created by government policies of censorship, restriction, regulation and prohibition.

Recognizing that abortion is a sensitive issue and that people can hold good-faith views on both sides, we believe that government should be kept out of the matter, leaving the question to each person for their conscientious consideration.

The Principle: Individual rights should not be denied nor abridged on the basis of sex, age, dependency, or location. Taxpayers should not be forced to pay for other people's abortions, nor should any government or individual force a woman to have an abortion. It is the right and obligation of the pregnant woman regardless of age, not the state, to decide the desirability or appropriateness of prenatal testing, Caesarean births, fetal surgery, voluntary surrogacy arrangements and/or home births.

Solutions: We oppose government actions that either compel or prohibit abortion, sterilization or any other form of birth control. Specifically we condemn the practice of forced sterilization of welfare recipients, or of mentally retarded or "genetically defective" individual. We support the voluntary exchange of goods, services or information regarding human sexuality, reproduction, birth control or related medical or biological technologies. We oppose government laws and policies that restrict the opportunity to choose alternatives to abortion.

Transitional Action: We support an end to all subsidies for childbearing or child prevention built into our present laws.

http://www.lp.org/issues/platform_all.shtml#reprodright


227 posted on 11/15/2006 7:09:13 AM PST by Sam Hill
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To: Sam Hill
Official Website of the Libertarian National Committee

Using that as the basis to figure out what libertarians are about is like reading the Republican Party platform to figure out what a republic is.

231 posted on 11/15/2006 7:14:46 AM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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