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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Abortion Rights and the U.S. Election
Description: https://youtu.be/rPsgR0WCqxw
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In this episode of New Ideal, Elan Journo and Ben Bayer discuss Ayn Rand’s radical view on abortion rights and the debates over abortion as an election issue.
Among the topics covered:
Why Ayn Rand defended abortion rights as a matter of individual freedom;
How to understand abortion as an election issue after the Dobbs decision;
How to evaluate recent Democratic arguments for abortion rights;
How state ballot initiatives on abortion fail to uphold women’s right to life;
What the future holds for abortion rights as an election and moral issue.
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