ichiban3

RE Ron Paul not pro choice

Apparently he declined to respond to NARAL's request for a statement of where

he stood on choice. However, his record speaks for itself and I cannot support him,

http://www.naral.org/elections/statements/paul.html

To Whom it May Concern,

I am glad to see some of us are excited about the Ron Paul campaign however one thing makes me uneasy. I thought this was an Objectivist community and as I recall Ayn Rand was pro choice on everything and on abortion in particular. I recall she wrote an essay to rebut the Pope's Encyclical entitled Humanae Vitae and her essay was entitled Of Living Death. She wrote eloquently on the rights of the pregnant woman and ended by asserting that the decision was entirely up to the woman who could decide based on nothing more than her "whim".

Subsequently it became evident just how strongly Rand held to her position when she advocated that one should oppose and refrain from voting for someone, anyone, who was "pro-life" on the basis of that issue alone.

Now we have a pro free market, limited government candidate who takes the Constitution seriously and is in favor of a return to the gold standard, all of which make him very appealing to us except for one thing, he believes an unborn fetus or embryo has a right to life!

I wonder how he justifies that position. I assume he does so on theological grounds such as that a fertilized ovum possesses a "soul" from the moment of conception because his brief statement on his website has the flavor of it.

I recall the issue was raised when he sought the nomination for president from the libertarians years ago when he said that he was personally pro life but would not go against existing law if elected or something to that effect. But I suspect that he will hold out his pro life position to appeal to Republican voters and if elected, Heaven forbid, he will work to repeal Roe v Wade!

I would rather let Ayn rest in peace and certainly don't want her turning over in her grave because we are supporting an anti choice anti abortion candidate despite his appeal on so many other issues.

Does anyone have any information on Ron Paul's intentions this time around?

Galt