Born Again Libertarians

The irony of various pro-choicers, Democrats, and/or liberals who suddenly seem to find their libertarian roots when engaged on the subject of abortion is thick as peanut butter. I find it vaguely amusing.

What pro-abortion apologists would like everyone to forget is that there is no difference between abortion and murder. So to deconstruct the pro-abortionist's argument, it is simply a matter of substituting the word murder for abortion in every instance. When that is done, the pro-abortion arguments look pretty silly. For example:

"The murder fight (and other social wars) shouldn't be fought by the government and politicians, but by community and church leaders. Murder should not be an argument over public policy, but one about personal morality."

I can't think of even the most wild-eyed Thoreau Libertarian who would support such a statement. Harsh penalties for depriving another human of their life is fundamental to the existence of a governed social order.

Of course, in those sentences, we are also supposed to assume the predicate that abortion is simply a "social war." If we reject that predicate, much of the rest of the argument disintegrates into simple rhetoric.

Would that these newfound libertarians were so engaged on the subjects of intrusive regulation, redistributionism, and social engineering.