Fetus Rights Quotes
Paul had been the Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate and in keeping with the libertarian philosophy of the party supported the right to abortion and was adamant that the Government should stay away from such issues of morality. However, in 2007, he tried to secure the Republican Presidential Nomination. At that time the religious right dominated the Republican Party and opposition to abortion was a litmus test issue. Paul flip flopped, but it did him little good. The issue of the fetus and protection of the law is not the simple issue that Paul made it out to be. Even the most ardent supporters of abortion has argued that a fetus ought to be protected both civilly and criminally in law. Where the disagreement lies is at what point in time and/or development does the fetus constitute life and deserve the protection of life and how society shall deal with the conflicting life and health interests of mother and fetus.
Many fundamentalist Muslims, regardless of the history, hold abortion to be impermissible since no one can tell exactly when the fetus is given a soul. Other Muslims believe abortion is moral and permissible in the early stages of pregnancy but ot later. The Jewish tradition and law before Islam was that the fetus became a life as soon as the head appears in childbirth. Thus abortion is permissible.
