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Abortion and the Daddy State

Fascinating, if poorly-fonted account of many anti-choice women who go ahead and opt for abortion when confronted with an unwanted pregnancy. Over at Pandagon, where I caught the link from, the tag is "The only moral abortion is my abortion," which is a pretty good dig, and certainly on point in terms of addressing the cognitive dissonance at work here, but I think there's more.

This is another example of the right-wing tendency to seek a Daddy State. In essence, these people are not able to lead lives in accordance with their own moral code, and so they want the state to force them to do the "right" thing, or at least outlaw the "wrong" one.

On the emerging libertarian left, where we value our freedom and privacy, it's up to the individual (ideally supported by his or her community) to keep their karma right. That's one of your responsibilities as grown human being.

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