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Entry: Sanger Once Again Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/sanger_once_again#24758 Post contents: An excellent piece by Professor Gottfried, and right on the money. Those who wish to have a lasting victory against abortion must base their arguments on correct and consistent principles, not vague leftist bromides. I would, however, disagree with his assessment of Rothbard being correct on abortion, even from the perspective of Rothbard's own first principles. He does, after all, concede that infants and small children must have their lives and other rights protected because of their potential for becoming rational adults who take can take responsibility for themselves. Once one recognizes that they are living humans from conception, drawing the line, as he does, at the birth canal becomes entirely arbitrary. Furthermore, a woman's right to control her body can no more justify abortion by Rothbardian principles than her right to physical property can justify her refusing to pay damages to a person she has injured through her own fault. In my view, Rothbard's position on abortion was one of his weakest and most poorly considered. Sent at: 2008 07 06