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Originally posted by sgtclub You seem to want to only look at one side of the equation (i.e., a woman's rights. I am uncomfortable not looking at both sides simultaneously. So while you believe I discount the woman's rights, I'll throw that back at you and say you discount the fetus' rights.
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Not exactly. I'm not sure that a small speck of human tissue has rights. I think one can recognize that abortion involves the taking of human life, while not thinking that rights are implicated.
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Although I freely admit that this model has inherent problems, I don't think it is inconsistent with libertarianism. My rights, as a libertarian, are not unlimited. Their border is when they infringe upon the rights of another. This is clearly the case in the abortion context.
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Most libertarians want to construe individual rights broadly, and I took your earlier posts re the woman's rights -- if less so this one -- as striking altogether a different tone.
Libertarians often don't have a problem with infringement on the rights of others. This is, after all, what all of environmental law is about, and it's pretty clear where the libertarians side there.
