Libertarianism of the Left | National Catholic Reporter

Libertarianism of the Left | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: She was not making a liberty argument at all (except maybe about her sexuality).  She was making an equality argument.  Most private insurance covers abortion - of course in many of these cases, women still go to Planned Parenthood and pay their $480.  Indeed, you are more likely to subsidize an abortion by ordering a Big Mac than paying your taxes.  As far as mentioning the child, I doubt she thought the embryo inside her was a child just yet.  Expecting her to mention the child in such circumstances is silly - if it had been a child in her mind she likely would not have had an abortion.  I would not have expected such a mention unless the child was found to have bad chromosomes, could not survive until birth and she could not get an abortion anyway, even if she hypothetically did not want one, because Hyde has execeptions for mother's life but not mother's health.  (It is generally agreed that if a termination is necessary, earlier is better).  I can see why the pro-life movement would want to enlighten people on the humanity of a child in the first trimester (not necessary in the second) - however having that enlightenment include a ban on the procedure is not feasible, because during that time embryos spontaneously abort as well - you can't personify one without personifying  the other - and personifying the other is a legal nightmare (unless you are a right to life ambulance chaser).  Sadly, the people who want to criminalize the former never seem to talk about the woman.