The Libertarian Party Instagram account recently posted this image.
The LP should not be pandering to a moral panic stirred up by a movement that seeks to increase government control over private medical decisions.
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— Classical Liberal Caucus (@LP_CLC) December 8, 2022
Their excuse is that if the parents OK the procedures, we should not care. I guess if the parents want to prostitute their kids, that is OK too or make them addicts or simply kill them by other means.
I am not a pro big Daddy government person, but there is a minimum that an elected government must do and high on that is the care of the minors who are endangered by those who are supposed to protect them. And if you do not want .Gov involved, allow the many private organizations with proven records of working for the children intervene.
But just abandoning basic humanity on some perversion of a premise?
Unfortunately, the general principles of libertarianism (leave me alone as long as I’m not hurting anyone) are good while they fail when applied to reality and pitched to the general public.
If you’re having your child carved up, you do seem to be hurting someone.