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Libertarian perspectives on abortion

A uniquely controversial issue, particularly in American politics, is abortion. Libertarian positions mirror those of other political views: Many libertarians believe that a woman's ownership of her own body and therefore her right to control it includes her right to terminate her pregnancy without any interference. Others believe the unborn child has a right to live, and believe that an abortion is the initiation of fatal force against an utterly helpless victim.

While the abortion issue fiercely divides the American mainstream, pro-life and pro-choice libertarians are not so vehemently separated. Like anarchists and minarchists, they have much more in common than they have dividing them.



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