Abortion = less Criminals, page 1
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reply posted on 28-8-2008 @ 06:34 AM by billyjoinedat2k8
reply to post by ROO-meh



Ye i kind ofbelieve that aswell i think its practically killing if you have an abortion beause its still a life form and it deserves to live everything has a right to live.


reply posted on 28-8-2008 @ 06:59 AM by Astyanax
reply to post by ROO-meh


On my local radio talkback last night the Attorney General repeated a statement that OUTRAGES me

It may outrage you, but the statement is founded in solid research. See
  1. Donahue, J.J. and Levitt, S.D., 'The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime', Quarterly Journal of Economics 116, No. 2 (2001)
  2. Donahue, J.J. and Levitt, S.D., 'Further Evidence That Legalized Abortion Lowered Crime: A Response to Joyce', Journal of Human Resources 39, No. 1 (2004)
  3. Dagg, P.K., 'The Psychological Sequelae of Therapeutic Abortion - Denied and Completed', American Journal of Psychiatry 148, No. 5
  4. David, Dytrych, et al., Born Unwanted: Developmental Effects of Denied Abortion, 1998, New York, Springer
  5. Leigh, A. and Wolfers, J., 'Abortion and Crime', AQ: Journal of Contemporary Analysis 72 (2000)

These are technical papers. You may read a popular account of the research and conclusions in Levitt and Dubner, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explains the Hidden Side of Almost Everything (2005, New York, William Morrow), which includes the above references.


reply posted on 28-8-2008 @ 08:19 AM by Astyanax
reply to post by ROO-meh


I am anti baby murder.

Well, so am I if it comes to that. I simply don't regard early-to-midterm fetuses as babies. And please - I have no interest in arguing the point.

The abortion issue is a complicated one. A very close friend of mine had an abortion many years ago. It was, I believe, a wise and necessary decision, but it caused her a great deal of pain which lingers to this day.

All that is by the by. Your Attorney-General is correct; there seems to be little doubt that legalized abortion has helped reduce crime. Whether you regard that as an argument in favour of abortion or not is up to you, but the statement itself is far from outrageous. It's true.
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