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Rand Paul: 'Principled Libertarian'? Not
By Katha Pollitt The Nation May 22, 2010 http://www.thenation.com/blog/rand-paul-principled-libertarian-not-0
excerpt: There's one area, though, in which Paul apparently wants the government to play a much bigger role: your womb. Women can forget about the "privacy" and "liberty" Paul touts on his website; warnings against government encroachment on freedom do not apply to female citizens of Paul's back-to-basics Republic. As per his website, we get the Human Life Amendment banning all abortion even for rape and incest, "a Sanctity of Life Amendment, establishing the principle that life begins at conception," a funding ban on Planned Parenthood, and a ban on the Supreme Court taking up abortion- related cases. No wonder he's been endorsed by Operation Rescue founder and general all-around sleazemeister Randall Terry.