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2 -May/June 1987 Libertarian Party NEWS Abortion The controversy surrounding abortion is not likely to be resolved in the Libertarian Party Letters" to the Editor (or anywhere else) in the foreseeable future. And certainly my input to the debate which rages around this question will not alter Limited space prevents publication of all the punishment on the National Ballot Access opinions. letters received by the NEWS. The letters Committee shoot this down, fine. Whoever - However, as a fundamentalist Christian who printed are selected so as to provide an honest loses the presidential nomination can still be believes strongly that abortion is morally bank­ cross-section of opinion. Usually, only one the project's spokesperson. rupt under any circumstance, I feel compelled letter will be selected to represent a subject on Charles S. Kennedy to defend the Libertarian Party on the issue. That defense ··is based on practical, personal which, in fact, many letters may have been Libertarian Party of Indiana Record) •to the Harris County Libertarian received. Where several lette.rs pertain to the experience. Party, c/o JeffDaiell, 4745 Kingfisher, Hous­ Rather than rely on ethical, sctiptural, or same topic, it does not indicate a greater Privacy ton, TX 77035. Anyone wishing to advertise interest in the particular topic but only the medical imperatives which are all open to I really liked the article "Reagan's War on should contact the paper directly at 20214 interpretive understanding (or misunderstand­ editors' judgement that important separate Privacy." Reagan institutes all these policy Braidwood, Katy, TX 77450. points are being made. Writers· whose letters ing), I'd like· to relate an incident which has changes in American banking, then his Na­ Jeff Daiell helped me come to grips with abortion at a are not published often are angry. That's tional Security officer and aide evade them by Houston, TX understandable. But, please, understand our personal level. using Swiss accounts. We can't make cash This occurred more than 10 years ago. My problems of space and, admittedly, judge­ deposits or we suddenly become drug dealers, ment-and continue to write! Atheism wife and I were anxiously anticipating the while they transfer millions by wire and no one Richard· Ayres (March/April LP NEWS) arrival of our second child. It was still early in ·knows anything about it. states that he is unable to ma:ke a full com- the pregnancy but we were counting the weeks Recruit Kyle Chafin mitment to because of his belief until'delivery day. The Libertarian Party presidential campaign Hamilton, OH that many libertarians are atheists. That day never came. A miscarriage in the should devote 90 percent plus of its efforts to May I remind Mr. Ayres that libertarianism first trimester left us de§Pondent and sorrowful. recruiting new Libertarians into the Party. Weekly has nothing to do with religion. The fact that To compound the natural misfortune which Suppose the LP presidential candidate spends. ' .. Two of the biggest problems facedby the LP libertarians may be atheistic;· agnostic, or had befallen us, there came a letter from our four million dollars, gets two million votes and are: lack of publicity and lack of funds .. A devoutly religious is immaterial. .What is insurance company. The medical claim' filed a handful of new members. After the election, neighborhood weekly in the Greater Houston important is the fact that libertarianism allows by our doctor had been denied because neither what do we have in the way of a return on our area may help correct both of those within its each individu!!l to formulate and pursue his/ vdluntary sterilization nor abortion was covered investment? Yellowing newspaper clippings, territory. her 0wn religious beliefs. Libertarianism also by our policy. You see, the medical term used empty wallets, and worn out, .burnt out The . Westside Record is owned by Lela denies the right to forcibly impose one's to describe a miscarried pregnancy is "spon- activists. Elliott,. who, while not a joiner, considers religious views on.()thers. , ta:neous abortion." Suppose the LP presidential . candidate herself a libertarian. She wants to help spread A commitment to libertarjanism does not · Some witless idiot at the insurance company spends four million dollars, gets 40,000 new the news about the LP and its philosophy, and imply a denial of religion; it demonstrates had seen "abortion" and automatically denied members and· a handful of votes. What's the she wants to donate money to the Party's support for freedom of choice. • benefits. With assistance from a local agent, the return on our investmentWne new activist per candidates in Texas. William B. Allard . hospital, and our doctor we were able to resolve 6,250 people in each state. In Califorp.ia, that To do that, she needs subscribers and ad­ Tacqma, WA the matter. But the additional, needless grief would be 4,000 new activists; in Arizona; 400 vertisers. In a recent meeting with Joe Lusardi, we bore is still with me today. · new activists;. in Nevada, 160 new activists. Jeff Daiell, and Kevin Southwick, officers of Abortion .. . A decade and iwo uncomplicated deliveries Plus the new activists recruited, .by state and the Harris County (Houston) LP, Lela noted I have two comments on the abortion issue cannot take away the memory of that letter and local LP candidates. . . ·· that she needs a base of 5 ,000 subscribers (at raised in Carol Moore's letter in the March/ the subsequent inquiries. I can't help won­ Which will it' be: dried up newspapers or $24/year) in order to be able to maintain her April issue of LP NEWS. dering how it could have been .ifthe inquiry had living, breathing Libertarian activists?. intended weekly schedule, secure a second­ First, she doesn't state if she had a choice as come from the pregnancy·police instead··ofan -... , Michael E~erling . class mailing-permit,.andjointhe press associ­ to-whether or not to become-pregnant·If it was insurance company. ' . ;: ' ' ,, -· . -~', .. -Las Veg~s, NV ation (membership in which would open some a careless accident (or any other kind of I am repulsed by the thought of government,

major advertising doors currently closed to accident), it seems cruel to 19ke it out on the at any level, becoming involved in such deli~ Nobody her). This would in turn enable her to expand baby, who was, to all intents and purposes, an cate matters; And I know that once legislation Nobody would be the Libertarian Party's greatly her·distribution area. innocent bystander. If indeed her life . was is on the books; common sense and tact go out best candidate for President, As the advocate The Harris County group has insufficient threatened by the pregnancy, only a small the window. Each'' abortion" would have to be of a balanced budget, he can be the object of a personnel to. generate that kind of subscriber minority of "pro-life" people (and unfortunately checked out to determine if it was voluntary, militant keep-home-the~votecampaign. Turn­ base within the Houston area alone. However, some people are only ''pro" the life they decide induced, or spontaneous. God protect us from out for the last three presidential elections has she is more than happy to receive subscriptions should be saved) wouid argue he.r right to such ."protection." been between 53and 54 percent of the voting from anywhere in these United States-or protect herself from death .. For me the question of abortion is a closed . age population. A drop below 50 percent elsewhere. Should LP efforts gamer her that Second, I think it is imperative that we come one. But I have no desire to see the govern­ would be hard to ignore. subscriber base, she has pledged to contribute to gtlps with the fact that some of us are never ment or political expediency detefl!line in­ and Russell Me.ans should know 10 percent of the paper's profits to the LP (the going to see eye-to-eye on this issue and that dividuals' actions in these matters. better than to run against Nobody, Little else publication is a s0le proprietorship, and-thus some sort of compromise is necessary. The LP Frank Gilbert does more to grant government legitimacy than not subject to bans on corporate contributions). platform could state, perhaps, that "recognizing Fort Smith, AR. to have its critics on the ballot. Until the Also, she wants to cover LP news far more that we can never agree as to whether the right Electoral College.is more than a rubber stlj.mp, than most other general-circulation periodicals, of each person to.sole and absolute ownership .Conpnued on Page 10 it will be an endorsement of mass majority and. wants a libertarian to write editorials of his or her own body supersedes the right to coercion for Libertarians to seek the- White promoting the freedom philosophy. protection for all viable humaJ:J.life, we do agree HUMOR for speeches, House. This has been .the Party's Achilles ·Anyone wishing to subscribe and thus to to the need for developing a society where newsletters, advertising and _ Heel from its jpception. · . . _ · ·help reach thousands of voters on a weekly abortion is unnecessary." _ almost anything else. Seven IJ.. The League of Non~Voterswas media basis~iria format that people of all sorts will I could live ·with that Could the pro-choice years experl~nce. success in 1972. The followcup is a non-party happily take into their homes, a plus that people? Lauren Barnett so committed ..to ·a balanced budget that it specific-interest publications don't have-should Margaret Mathers refuses to nomina,te anybody. If the gluttons.for send a check for $24 (payable to Westside Farmington, NM (512) 271-2632 ~ youth connection ~*'******************************** LIBERTARIAN PARTY MEMBERSHIP . ~ Student Libertarfon Newsletter $5 Studel'\ts, $10 ·Non-students iC D $15 Basic D $40 Sponsor D $100 Patrpn D $250 Associate Life D $1000 Life Benefactor iC Sample $1. Terry Inman, Editor 3910 Nara, FlorissQnt, MO 6303 iC MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES SUBSCRIPTION TO LP NEWS! 0 New Member ie- ie "I hereby certify that I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as. a iC "Refreshingly irreverent, ~ means of achieving political or social goals." D 0 Renewal ~ freethinking, iconoclastic, Payment Enclosed ~ ~ and slightly anarchistic." ~ Signature: D Bill My !Ill iC ~ PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY 0 Bill My ~ ~ Humanist CENTURY ~ · Credit Card No. ______~ One year-twelve issues-ten dollars k Name ~ ~ Expiration pate ______~ P. 0. Box 84116, San Diego CA 92138 ~ Add. Signature iC 'Occupation iC DECENTRALIZE! ie~ City ------·· Non-Violent Radical Decentralist 'Employer ------,--,-- ie State Zip ·optional, FederalElection Commission requires we ask. iC Strategy -- Carol Moore, Editor $3.00 for 4 issues. Sample $1.00 iC THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY LilJerty Enligh~eningThe World! 301 West 21st.• Houston, Tx 77008. 'ie Box 106. 632 Cloverdale. Los Angeles, CA 90036 ********************************* - in

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