[AlexM]

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To me it seems the difference is that his opposition to government-funded health care falls in line perfectly with the rest of his platform.

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It does.

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The abortion issue seems out of place to me, but please no long-winded explanations of why the rights of a fetus trump those of the mother. Either position is easily argued.

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It's not out of place and it has nothing to do with the actual abortion issue itself. You have two opposing and incompatible moral views and three options on how to deal with them:

1. Federal laws banning abortion (supporting side A)

2. Federal laws banning the banning of abortion (supporting side B)

3. No federal laws. Let the states make their own decisions. (supporting neither side)


#1 and #2 both involving forcing one group's morals on anothers. Option #3 is the only view consistent with the libertarian position.