re: #295 Occasional Reader

Thanks for that clarification. I think I’m largely in agreement with you here (at least as far as these examples go). The one caveat I would add concerns your last point. To the extent that ‘live and let live’ (my term) doesn’t allow harm to society, however we might measure that, I would agree with you, especially at the federal level. Where reasonable people would foresee/wish to prevent a harm to society, I see bans/requirements more positively.

An example you might agree with based on your earlier comment…. the proposed requirement of hospitals to provide abortion services is something I would oppose as it excludes doctors who object to abortion on moral grounds from practicing pediatrics …. a loss to society and individual liberty.

Again, thanks….