I think Rand Paul's problem is that he really hasn't taken a position at all. He claims to be pro-life but does he really believe the principle of life beginning at conception or even with the first heartbeat? Would he take the position that the unborn from the first heartbeat to the last would have a right to live as much as the mother who is sitting in the abortion clinic contemplating ending that life?
One problem we have is that simply too many women have had abortions and are not willing to accept the fact that they are guilty of a heinous sin. American's have gotten away from the notion that acts against God's commandments are sinful. They justify their sins in order to appease their own consciences and as a result they are more than willing to accept sin as acceptable behavior both the the world and to God.
I really don't know where Rand Paul stands on a spiritual level in regard to issues of life. He seems to take a clinical approach to the subject, which tells me he is not going to push any pro-life agenda. He will mouth the right words to appease the Conservatives, but temper them so as not to overly offend the abortion loving crowd.
His approach to politics seems to be predicated more on appeasing his opponents than exciting his supporters.
Rand Paul is an oddball. His father always seemed a little weird in the way he carried himself, paced his words, expressed his ideas. He is the same. Living across the river from Kentucky, I get to hear him a good amount. There’s always that odd delivery, posture, methodology.
I’ve never heard him asked when he thinks life begins. I imagine that libertarians hate getting nailed down on that, because it will automatically blow up any pro-choice notions that they might have. Libertarians can’t insist on the liberty of the individual and simultaneously be killing off individuals. It would be a glaring contradiction that they couldn’t avoid.
Rand Paul has definitely taken a position if one has followed him.
In 2010 he was clearly pro-life to win that election, there was no confusion about his claimed views, and after winning that election he switched to his current position, his true position, for the last couple of years he has been trying to move the GOP into a pro-choice party.
“The thing is about abortion—and about a lot of things—is that I think people get tied up in all these details of, sort of, you’re this or this or that, or you’re hard and fast (on) one thing or the other,” Paul told Elliott. “I’ve supported both bills with and without (exceptions), you know. In general, I am pro-life.