Roe, Libertarianism, Moralism: Bring Back the Seamless Garment | National Catholic Reporter

Roe, Libertarianism, Moralism: Bring Back the Seamless Garment | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: There is actually a strong core of libertarian pro-lifers, mostly those who follow Ron Paul.  The two are hardly mutually exclusive.  The core of that type of libertarianism is that people can do and think for themselves, as long as they don't damage others through force or fraud.  Those who consider an unborn child to be a person have no problem with abortion restrictions.  The complicating factor for the past 40 years has been that no one is willing to do the heavy lifting to recognize the unborn under federal law - which is an ugly process because the status of miscarried embryos is also a consideration (and the compromises required for this are big enough to drive a Planned Parenthood Mammovan through).  The onus to write a bill that deals with these issues is on the pro-life movement, which has so far preferred to use this issue for self-promotion rather than actually making progress in advancing the cause of life (and don't even mention a living wage to them, they will say that people should be responsible for their sexuality and not have kids).  A seamless garment of life means even the Church will pay a living wage, giving a salary bump of $1000 a month to any family that adds a child.