Monday, January 25, 2010

Whenever That Choice Is Made, A Lifetime Of Choices Are Prevented

Abortion vs Choice explained by Mike S. Adams:
...I am often asked by Libertarians some version of the following question:

“How can you describe yourself as a Republican with some libertarian leanings when you are pro-life?” – although some foolishly say “anti-choice.”

The answer to that question is pretty simple. The true libertarian is pro-life because what has come to be known as the “pro-choice” position is actually “anti-choice” – in a classically Orwellian sense. This is true for a couple of fairly simple reasons.
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Abortion is fundamentally anti-choice because the decision to abort is only one choice. Whenever that choice is made a lifetime of choices are prevented. The average life is over 27,000 days long and we all make dozens of choices daily. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that each abortion results in an average net loss of at least a million choices.

Libertarians, therefore, should be adamantly opposed to abortion as a matter of principle. That most of them are not suggests that it is not the brain but another part of the body that is guiding their decision on the issue.
Not to mention that the "choice" to abort a baby is rarely an informed choice; that it's often based on false perceptions or made under pressure from partners or family members. Our opponents use the euphemism "choice" referring to abortion. The fact is - abortion is and has always been an unchoice. If all the information about fetal development had been available 40 or 50 years ago - abortion would have never been legalized.

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