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SuperFreakonomics attributed the dramatic drop in crime in the 1990s to Roe vs Wade. http://www.freakonomics.com/2005/05/15/abortion-and-crime-who-should-you-be

• jeffdavis 13y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impact_of_Legalized_Abortion_on_Crime http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impact_of_Legalized_Abortio... A number of people disagree with that conclusion based on seemingly reasonable scientific arguments.
  • nathan_long 13y ago
    Furthermore, if it's meant to be an argument for abortion, it really has no effect on the pro-life position. If you start with the understanding that a baby in the womb is a human, this arguments sounds like "it's good that we have legal murder because it prevents illegal murder".
• emc 13y ago
  That's mostly likely a factor but 100% of the story. The decrease of lead in soil is another. http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-li...