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Originally Posted by Manic!
Ron Paul and the liberals are not even in the same galaxy. Ron Paul is not socially liberal.
Ron Paul introduced the Sanctity of Life Act bill in 2005 that would define personhood as beginning at conception and bar the Supreme Court from interfering with state prohibitions on abortion—essentially a permanent repeal of Roe v. Wade. Interestingly, the bill only had five co-sponsors. Ron Paul introduced this bill again in 2007, again with only five cosponsors. In 2009, Ron Paul introduced the bill yet again with three cosponsors. In the current legislative session, he is a cosponsor of the Protect Life Act, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, and the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act, all of which prohibit federal funds from being used to fund abortions except in cases of rape, incest, or endangerment of the mother’s life.
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The point of that bill would be to make abortion a state level regulation, as opposed to federal. In fact, that's the point of most of his platform. He personally disagrees with abortion, and I respect that. But unlike most anti-abortionists, he doesn't try to force others to go their way. He says let the states decide. If you live in a state where abortion is illegal, then move to another state.