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What was Ayn Rands view on abortion?

April 26, 2017Abortion ayn rand view

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What was Ayn Rands view on abortion?

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Excerpt from “Of Living Death” The Objectivist, October 1968: “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 be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other than her wish in the matter is to be considered.