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NOT THE FREEDOM TO ABORT
Among libertarians it is axiomatic that freedom does not empower people to violate others rights. ...
Nevertheless, this flawed definition of freedom often intrudes in libertarian discussions of abortion. This is in no small part reinforced by many abortion opponents reluctance to discuss the freedom issue, preferring instead to argue that abortion should be prohibited because it is immoral. Yet the immorality of an action does not offer sufficient grounds to prohibit it by law. Abortion is to be opposed not simply because it violates certain moral codes, but because it constitutes an initiation of force. ... Yet nothing comes into being at birth that did not already exist. ... A pre- born child is dependent on its mother, but is not a part of her and is growing and developing in the direction of a mature human being, unless that process is interrupted thereby ending the developing life of that human being.
Approximate Word count = 773
Approximate Pages = 3.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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