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Founded 1987 Against Government OUTLAWING Abortion? Join Pro-Choicelibertarians@yahoogroups.com email <contactATpro-choicelibertarians.net > |
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Founded 1987 Against Government OUTLAWING Abortion? Join Pro-Choicelibertarians@yahoogroups.com email <contactATpro-choicelibertarians.net > |
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We do not promote a specific argument or ideology to support the view that government should stay out of the abortion issue. Libertarians have many reasons for believing this. Our goal is for the national Libertarian Party platform to RETAIN wording making it clear that we want government to stay out of the matter and that we do not want it prohibiting (or mandating) abortion! We will discuss strategies like lobbying, leafleting, rallying and, if necessary, protesting, to remind members how important it is that the LP STAYS pro-choice on everything! Pro-choice Libertarians as an organized group has been active in obtaining that goal since its formation in 1987 when it was feared there was a challenge to the platform. It became active again during other years when there was a challenge to the platform, particularly during the 2002 and 2004 Libertarian Party convention cycles. It was not active during the 2006 Libertarian Convention cycle when delegates gutted much of the platform. Nevertheless, delegates did retain the "Women's Rights and Abortion" plank, changing the name and adding the introductory sentence. |
The Issue: The
tragedies caused by unplanned, unwanted pregnancies are aggravated and
sometimes created by government policies of censorship, restriction,
regulation and prohibition. The Principle: Individual rights should not be denied nor abridged on the basis of sex, age, dependency, or location. Taxpayers should not be forced to pay for other people's abortions, nor should any government or individual force a woman to have an abortion. It is the right and obligation of the pregnant woman regardless of age, not the state, to decide the desirability or appropriateness of prenatal testing, Caesarean births, fetal surgery, voluntary surrogacy arrangements and/or home births. Solutions: We oppose government actions that either compel or prohibit abortion, sterilization or any other form of birth control. Specifically we condemn the practice of forced sterilization of welfare recipients, or of mentally retarded or "genetically defective" individual. We support the voluntary exchange of goods, services or information regarding human sexuality, reproduction, birth control or related medical or biological technologies. We oppose government laws and policies that restrict the opportunity to choose alternatives to abortion. Transitional Action: We support an end to all subsidies for childbearing or child prevention built into our present laws. |
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LINKS The Libertarian Stand on Abortion by Harry Browne Why Libertarians should be Pro-Choice regarding Abortion by Jan Narveson |
LIST OF JUST SOME OF THE REASONS LIBERTARIANS WANT GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE ABORTION ISSUE |
