by Bruce Earnhart

Libertarians believe that large intrusive governments do not serve the public well. Much needs to be done to free up positive social forces all but smothered by big government. This process would legalize many activities presently banned, but this in no way implies an advocacy of them. Living in a society which is increasingly politicized, this point is often difficult to grhtml. People have been getting the notion that everything good should be compulsory, and, everything bad forbidden. This attitude is counterproductive; for example, it encourages moral lassitude. When people believe that everything which is morally wrong should be prohibited, soon large numbers of people will conclude that anything legal must be morally permissible.

We who are libertarians believe that human beings have the right of dominion over their own lives. We have the inalienable right to live in any manner we choose - so long as our choices do not forcibly interfere with the rights of others.

Libertarianism is not simply a litany of liberties. Freedom without responsibility towards others is license, not libertarianism. There is no right to rape, to steal, or to imperil anotherŐs life by driving carelessly. Aggression against others is criminal behavior. All libertarians concede that everyone has a right to control his or her own body. Pro-life libertarians recognize that this right does not countenance injury to an unborn human being.

Abortion isn't a vice; it's homicide. Conception begins a process of biological development that leads to the maturing of a human being. Personhood (the state of being by which we have rights, including the right not to be killed) is not acquired along the way. it inheres in the human being from conception.