Stlheads point is dead on... It seems really about which people you don't mind dying/killing...

DEMS
* Keep uninsured/poor in medical care, its a right
* Assisted suicide is a right (you have the freedom to kill yourself)
* No rights for unborn babies
* State has no right to kill a convicted murderer. Imprison for life yes, kill no.

REPUBLICANS
* Uninsured/lazy -- if they die w/o insurance, they reap what they sow, social programs are socialism.
* Your personal freedom doesn't include the right to terminate your own life, or a life you have guardianship over, even if they are brain dead
* Unborn babies deserve any/all legal protections we can offer, potentially even if the mothers life is in danger
* Capital Punishment is strongly supported

It's hard to know which of these positions is more about "Freedom" since both parties seem willing to tread on individual liberties in some important ways.
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