Ron Paul on Life

Lifted from http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/life-and-liberty/

Life and Liberty
By Dr. Ron Paul

The right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideals of liberty. My professional and legislative record demonstrates my strong commitment to this pro-life principle.

In 40 years of medical practice, I never once considered performing an abortion, nor did I ever find abortion necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman.
In Congress, I have authored legislation that seeks to define life as beginning at conception, HR 1094.

I am also the prime sponsor of HR 300, which would negate the effect of Roe v Wade by removing the ability of federal courts to interfere with state legislation to protect life. This is a practical, direct approach to ending federal court tyranny which threatens our constitutional republic and has caused the deaths of 45 million of the unborn.

I have also authored HR 1095, which prevents federal funds to be used for so-called “population control.”

Many talk about being pro-life. I have taken direct action to restore protection for the unborn.
As an OB/GYN doctor, I’ve delivered over 4,000 babies. That experience has made me an unshakable foe of abortion. Many of you may have read my book, Challenge To Liberty, which champions the idea that there cannot be liberty in a society unless the rights of all innocents are protected. Much can be understood about the civility of a society in observing its regard for the dignity of human life.
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Aristos adds:

I recently read an article in which Congressman Paul described how he, as a young doctor, unknowingly entered a room in which an abortion had just been performed. He described how the standards of the day were rather primative, and that the doctors merely disposed of the baby in a trash can--and he added that he could tell that the premature baby was trying to cry.

If this addition comes across as a nudge towards your emotions (i.e. ad miseracordiam), I do not deny such an intent. If you can discuss abortion without disgust then you are in the same league as the Nazis who ran the death camps.

And no, I will not take that last comment back. We preach to everyone how awful the holocaust was because of the roughly six million people who needlessly died in it. Well, if numbers is the game, then abortion wins over the holocaust, hands down.