galenrox

I find this an interesting topic for discussion. I tend to agree with the libertarian party as a whole on this one.
The fact is no one is ok with murder, pro-life or pro-choice. And thus if one believes that abortion is murder, than regardless of his/her political ethos, s/he will be opposed to abortion rights.
And I wish more pro-life people were libertarians, because that shows usually that they're smart and open minded enough to have an actual frank discussion about abortion and abortion rights.
Because there's one major issue to the abortion debate which is far more complex (yet far more consensus building) that is pretty widely ignored, which is, if there is a way, and if so, how would we eliminate abortion without making it illegal. There are many causes that lead to increased abortion rates, such as the lack of sexual education and poverty.
People right now just keep thinking unquestionably that if abortion is made illegal than abortions will stop. This is not true, not at all. It will go the same way as the drug trade, and thus you would just be giving up your ability to regulate the market (including keeping it safe for women). Now eliminating the demand for abortions, and treating the problems instead of the symptom, will solve the problem instead of just sweeping the symptom under the rug.

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