[wagglebee]

The killing of innocent unborn is not a tennant of libertarinaism since it removes the one absolute individual right. The right to life.

Then why does the Libertarian Party Platform say otherwise?:

1.4 Abortion

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

What is your position on these two questions:

1. Should abortion be allowed in cases of rape or incest?

2. Is abortion a "states' rights" issue (e.g. should it be left to the states)?

[xzins]

1. Should abortion be allowed in cases of rape or incest? 2. Is abortion a "states' rights" issue (e.g. should it be left to the states)?

a. We are dealing with the ultimate right. Without life nothing else matters.

b. The constitution rightly recognizes that no one shall be deprived of life without due process of law. That is, they have committed some crime that brings them before the law in a capital case.

c. The baby is life, and the constitution recognizes in its purpose statement that these rights pertain to the unborn...the posterity.

d. Therefore, the in utero baby cannot be deprived of life without having committed a capital offense and not without due process of law.

That applies to any state. That applies to any baby however conceived.

[caww]

1. Should abortion be allowed in cases of rape or incest?

2. Is abortion a “states’ rights” issue (e.g. should it be left to the states)?

1. No....there are other options such as adoption.

2. No....safe guarding our children should have never come so far that we even have to consider who has the right to govern over the matter. It should have never been an issue to begin with. However when any other criminal commits murder...it’s murder in all states.

[SpringtoLiberty]

There is a wide wide gulf between libertarianism and the Libertarian Party.

Much like that between conservatism and the GOP.

I cannot and will not defend that statement (1.4 of the party platform).

Abortion should never be allowed, in any case, including rape and incest.

[MrB]

There are many “libertarians” that oppose abortion simply on the fact that the person in the womb has the right to not be killed.

As far as the “can’t legislate morality” argument, indeed, that is silly. The stopsign at the corner is “legislating morality”.