What is your position on abortion?

[WhistlinDave]

I would recommend a do-over where the poll results are not public. Some people may not feel comfortable answering if they feel they might be attacked by others for taking the view they do. You might get skewed results and a smaller sample of respondents by doing it public like this. (I think it's safe to say this is the single most polarizing issue libertarians disagree on.)

 

[bolil]

I would recommend a do-over where the poll results are not public. Some people may not feel comfortable answering if they feel they might be attacked by others for taking the view they do. You might get skewed results and a smaller sample of respondents by doing it public like this. (I think it's safe to say this is the single most polarizing issue libertarians disagree on.)

Fuck that, take your stand wherever your conscience places its feet!

 

[Origanalist]

I would recommend a do-over where the poll results are not public. Some people may not feel comfortable answering if they feel they might be attacked by others for taking the view they do. You might get skewed results and a smaller sample of respondents by doing it public like this. (I think it's safe to say this is the single most polarizing issue libertarians disagree on.)

I don't hide my position, I think abortion is murder. Consider this my vote.

 

[WhistlinDave]

Fuck that, take your stand wherever your conscience places its feet!

I voted; I wasn't speaking for myself. But anyone who truly wants accurate results on such a controversial and inflammatory topic is foolhardy to do this as a public poll. (Unless the goal isn't really getting an accurate sample of people's positions on this forum.)

My opinion on this can be found here for anyone who cares where my feet stand.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?372315-Did-Ron-Paul-Convince-you-on-Abortion&p=4461720&viewfull=1#post4461720

 

[WhistlinDave]

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[Fredom101]

I'm a libertarian so, even if I don't agree with abortion, I'm not in favor of having laws to try to prevent it.

 

[bolil]

I voted; I wasn't speaking for myself. But anyone who truly wants accurate results on such a controversial and inflammatory topic is foolhardy to do this as a public poll. (Unless the goal isn't really getting an accurate sample of people's positions on this forum.)

My opinion on this can be found here for anyone who cares where my feet stand.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?372315-Did-Ron-Paul-Convince-you-on-Abortion&p=4461720&viewfull=1#post4461720

I apologize for seeming so aggressive, I could have put that better.

 

[Brett85]

I don't hide my position, I think abortion is murder. Consider this my vote.

Then why not vote in the poll?

 

[Brett85]

I would recommend a do-over where the poll results are not public. Some people may not feel comfortable answering if they feel they might be attacked by others for taking the view they do. You might get skewed results and a smaller sample of respondents by doing it public like this. (I think it's safe to say this is the single most polarizing issue libertarians disagree on.)

Maybe I'll do another poll sometime that isn't public. I just thought it would be interesting to see where individual members stand on this issue.

 

[bolil]

Poll<Written words.

This is the greatest schism, and as a community or whatever this is we should be able to converse about it without reservations, which is another way of saying, "without equivocation."

 

[eduardo89]

I'm a libertarian so, even if I don't agree with abortionmurder, I'm not in favor of having laws to try to prevent it.

Ftfy

Libertarians believe in laws that punish violations of others' rights, with the most important right being the right to life. Without the right to life all other rights are meaningless.

 

[WhistlinDave]

I apologize for seeming so aggressive, I could have put that better.

LOL No worries; I didn't take any offense at that.

I think it should be illegal once a baby has conscious awareness and is able to feel pain and suffering, and after that point, only legal in cases of rape/incest or when the mother's life and/or long term health are at risk. Of course I have no good way of determining at what age that occurs so I don't know if I have an exact answer. It's more of a conceptual/philosophical one. Not close enough to actually run for political office and state an exact policy platform on it. But it's close enough for me to answer the poll, anyway.

 

[WhistlinDave]

Maybe I'll do another poll sometime that isn't public. I just thought it would be interesting to see where individual members stand on this issue.

I apologize for using the word "foolhardy;" I didn't mean to imply you were foolish. I should've found a better way to say that. Sorry TC!!

 

[Scrapmo]

/Wonders into another Libertarian abortion thread:

 

[bolil]

/Wonders into another Libertarian abortion thread:

Well, all levity aside, why make a serious thing light with a disney corruption?

 

[PSYOP]

Abortion ONLY in the case that the life of the mother is in danger.

 

[Fredom101]

Ftfy

Libertarians believe in laws that punish violations of others' rights, with the most important right being the right to life. Without the right to life all other rights are meaningless.

Maybe I should clarify. I'm a libertarian-anarchist, so I don't believe that laws are necessary in society. You can't change people's minds by forcing them to behave a certain way at gunpoint.

 

[eduardo89]

Maybe I should clarify. I'm a libertarian-anarchist, so I don't believe that laws are necessary in society. You can't change people's minds by forcing them to behave a certain way at gunpoint.

Anarchists don't believe in an absence of laws, but in eliminating the government's monopoly on force.

 

[bolil]

Anarchists don't believe in an absence of laws, but in eliminating the government's monopoly on force.

This is a thing everyone here agrees upon, and as such and being common ground is the fight to fight. If anyone takes my meaning.

 

[Scrapmo]

Well, all levity aside, why make a serious thing light with a disney corruption?

Just a joke. Carry on.