Roe v. Wade Turns 41 — Find Out What Libertarians Think About Abortion

This week marked the 41st anniversary of the landmark Supreme
Court case which legalized abortion across the country. Find out
where libertarians fall on the issue of abortion in this roundtable
hosted by Nick Gillespie featuring prominent libertarian thinkers.
Original release date was May 26, 2013 and the original writeup is
below the fold. 

As a political philosophy, libertarianism stresses concepts such
as self-ownership, voluntary consent, and non-agression. In many
areas of human activity, the application of such ideas seems
relatively straightforward. In others, reaching clarity is far more
difficult.

On Tuesday, May 21, from 2pm to 3pm in Washington, D.C., Reason
hosted a discussion tackling one of the most controversial and
debated issues of the day: abortion. Among self-identified
libertarians, there’s a wide variety of positions, ranging from
support for all forms of abortions to the prohibition of the
same.

The participants include:

    Katherine
Mangu-Ward, Reason magazine’s managing editor
    Mollie
Hemingway, editor of Ricochet and a contributor to Christianity
Today
    Ronald
Bailey, Reason’s science correspondent

The topics discussed:

    When does human life – and when do rights –
begin?
    What’s the role of science – and religion – in
setting abortion policy?
    Is there a role for the state in prohibiting,
regulating, and providing abortion?

A fast-paced 30-minute discussion was followed by audience
Q&A.

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