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The legalised abortion argument has several holes in it, the big ones being: - why did the crime rates simultaneously drop in states where abortion was already
by thelibrarian 8y ago
The legalised abortion argument has several holes in it, the big ones being:
- why did the crime rates simultaneously drop in states where abortion was already legal before Roe v Wade?
- why did crime rates have a similar drop in similar time frames in other countries regardless of the legality of abortion?
There is a very strong correlation between the banning of leaded petrol and reduction in crime rates around the world.
- LoSboccacc 8y agoWe have a good case study since Ireland legalized abortion way later other countries, we only have to wait 20 years and see.
- casefields 8y agoNot only that but Flint, Michigan and some other communities have tons of kids with huge quantities of lead in their blood. Reuters has been doing incredible investigative journalism: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-lead-testing/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-lead...
- fastball 8y agoIf memory serves, the Freakonomics analysis looked at that?