Letter to Ron Paul.

[dour]

So people have been bugging me about my absence from LJ. It's been a while since I've had anything I really thought was worth posting for public consumption. Not that my life has been terribly boring or empty, it's just that the things I've been doing have their own dedicated forums. :)

Today, though, I wrote something that might spark some interest

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Ron Paul on abortion

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Lief

Re: Ron Paul on abortion

[dour]

I'm glad to hear this reaffirmed. I had assumed that this would be Ron Paul's position, as it is in line with the rest of his platform, but I was concerned after listening to his speech before the National Right to Life Convention in which he cites existing laws which add a second charge to violent crimes against a pregnant woman as a "precedent" for future recognition of the fetus as a person in all respects. I'm certain that he was spinning his speech for the audience, and if he meant only a cultural precedent and not a legal one, all is well. And of course, you're absolutely right that his voting record bears this assumption out.