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The 2012-May 2022 political platform of the Libertarian Party stated, "Recognizing that abortion is a sensitive issue and that people can hold good-faith views on all sides, we believe that government should be kept out of the matter, leaving the question to each person for their conscientious consideration." [20]
Evictionism is a moral theory advanced by Walter Block and Roy Whitehead on a proposed libertarian view of abortion based on property rights. This theory is built upon the earlier work of philosopher Murray Rothbard [ 1 ] who wrote that "no being has a right to live, unbidden, as a parasite within or upon some person's body" and that therefore ...
Until June 12, 2019, [19] under the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975, state law banned abortions after 12 weeks. [20] The state prohibited abortions after the fetus was viable, generally some point between week 24 and 28, based on the standard defined by the US Supreme Court in 1973 with the Roe v. Wade ruling, not because of legislative action.
Doris Gordon founded Libertarians for Life in 1976 "because some libertarian had to blow the whistle." [3] [5] In 1988, the Libertarians for Life unsuccessfully attempted to change the Libertarian Party position on abortion, so it would be similar to the party's 1988 presidential nominee, Ron Paul.
The prospect of women not having access to abortion was theoretical in many voters' minds until the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which set in motion a ...
Departurism [1] [2] [3] is an anti-abortion libertarian approach to the reproductive rights controversy developed by American philosopher Sean Parr which argues, contrary to evictionism, [4] that the lethal removal of an unwanted fetus ought to be legally impermissible (except in cases where the pregnancy jeopardizes the life of the mother).
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s policy advocacy group is sinking resources into a Florida ballot initiative that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
This is who is affected by abortion legislation.