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== The Libertarian Case Against Abortion == | == The Libertarian Case Against Abortion == | ||
To explain and defend its case, LFL argues that: | To explain and defend its case, LFL argues that<ref>[http://www.l4l.org/index.html Libertarians for Life home page.]</ref>: | ||
# Human offspring are human beings, persons from fertilization. | # Human offspring are human beings, persons from fertilization. | ||
# Abortion is homicide -- the killing of one person by another. | # Abortion is homicide -- the killing of one person by another. | ||
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# The proper purpose of the law is to side with the innocent, not against them. | # The proper purpose of the law is to side with the innocent, not against them. | ||
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A special edition of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, is devoted to articles contributed by | A special edition of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, is devoted to articles contributed by Libertarians for Life. It was edited by group organizers Doris Gordon and John Walker.<ref>[http://www.l4l.org/journal.html "Abortion and Rights Journal"], at Libertarians for Life website]</ref> the group's "Life, Rights, and Rock 'n' Roll page includes questions by Van Halen rock group member Gary Cherone to Eddie Vedder of the group Pearl Jam.<ref>[http://www.l4l.org/gary/index.html Life, Rights, and Rock 'n' Roll], at Libertarians for Life website.</ref> | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
* [http://www.l4l.org | * [http://www.l4l.org Libertarians for Life website.] | ||
* [ | * [https://www.facebook.com/likel4l/ Libertarians for Life Facebook page.] | ||
[[Category:Libertarian Party Caucuses]] | [[Category:Libertarian Party Caucuses]] | ||
Revision as of 19:21, 16 October 2017
Libertarians for Life was founded in 1976 to show why abortion is a wrong, not a right. Their reasoning is expressly scientific and philosophical rather than either pragmatic or religious, or merely political or emotional. Their position is that this is fully consistent wil libertarianism's basic principle that under justice each of us has the obligation not to aggress against (violate the rights of) anyone else -- for any reason (personal, social, or political), however worthy.
The Libertarian Case Against Abortion
To explain and defend its case, LFL argues that[1]:
- Human offspring are human beings, persons from fertilization.
- Abortion is homicide -- the killing of one person by another.
- There is never a right to kill an innocent person. Prenatally, we are all innocent persons.
- A prenatal child has the right to be in the mother's body. Parents have no right to evict their children from the crib or from the womb and let them die. Instead both parents, the father as well as the mother, owe them support and protection from harm.
- No government, nor any individual, has a just power to legally depersonify any one of us, born or preborn.
- The proper purpose of the law is to side with the innocent, not against them.
Activities
A special edition of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, is devoted to articles contributed by Libertarians for Life. It was edited by group organizers Doris Gordon and John Walker.[2] the group's "Life, Rights, and Rock 'n' Roll page includes questions by Van Halen rock group member Gary Cherone to Eddie Vedder of the group Pearl Jam.[3]
External Links
- ↑ Libertarians for Life home page.
- ↑ "Abortion and Rights Journal", at Libertarians for Life website]
- ↑ Life, Rights, and Rock 'n' Roll, at Libertarians for Life website.