AND THIS IS WHY “CONSERVATISM” MUST, MUST, MUST, MUST BE MORE THAN SIMPLY ECONOMIC LIBERTARIANISM.
Actually, the libertarian position...proper libertarian position....woud be to protect the rights of those who are already under the contract of marriage...and to uphold what THAT contract means.
And BTW, there is no such thing as SIMPLY ECONOMIC liberty. If you don’t own your property, you don’t own yourself. It’s called the “sanctity of life OUTSIDE the womb.”