To nitpick, I don't know that it's right to call "pro choice" in the context of access to elective abortions a feature of libertarianism. It's certainly so if you handwave away the fetal human as an unperson with no rights, but without that footwork, you have a bona fide conflict of the mother's right to bodily autonomy with the fetus's right not to be killed.
I happen to be a libertarian who comes down on the mother's side in that conflict, but opposition to elective abortions that aren't medically necessary isn't fundamentally incompatible with libertarianism.
In the broader view, a lot of Paul's problems come down to his tragically misplaced faith in the paleolibertarian marketing strategy, which can easily alienate the people most likely to vote for him. If he'd rebrand himself as a real libertarian, he might be able to make a real run of this thing.
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Date: 2012-01-20 02:56 pm (UTC)I happen to be a libertarian who comes down on the mother's side in that conflict, but opposition to elective abortions that aren't medically necessary isn't fundamentally incompatible with libertarianism.
In the broader view, a lot of Paul's problems come down to his tragically misplaced faith in the paleolibertarian marketing strategy, which can easily alienate the people most likely to vote for him. If he'd rebrand himself as a real libertarian, he might be able to make a real run of this thing.