link to original reddit post by /u/Animayer94
I think one of the hardest topics to talk about in todays society is whether or not you or pro-life or pro-choice. Now yes you can be in the middle when it comes to each. You can be someone who is pro-life but understands that certain caveats should be in place: health of the mother, rape, or incest. As well as you can be a pro-choice person, but feel that abortion after a specific point in a pregnancy should be illegal.
As I understand it, it is a key concept of libertarianism that the limited need for government includes the need for it to protect peoples individual rights. As such an argument can be made on either side of this issue on whether the government should or should not poke its ugly head into the matter.
Where I get torn is that while I can see that a woman should have the right to her body and have bodily autonomy, I can also see the the sole need for government in a libertarian mindset is to ensure an individuals right and seeing that the fetus is not a direct copy of the mother and thus its own individual the government should look to protect its right to life.
This issue will never be an easy one to solve and will continue to be one that people debate constantly and for many more years to come.
My hope here is to have a discussion with all of you about what you believe. On one side I can see the nervousness and distain against the government pushing its head into someone's choice but I can also see the want for the government to do its one major purpose in a libertarian mindset, which is to protect a persons individual freedom that includes a right to life. So where do you stand and why?