Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Tag: abortion

  • Ayn Rand on Abortion

    The following quotations from Rand can be found here, together with references. An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights until it is born. The living take precedence over the not-yet-living (or the unborn). Abortion is a moral right—which should…