Abortion = less crime?

[whiskeytown]

first off, you would have to write a full book tying abortion to crime rates, and even then I doubt it'd be solid - way too much has happened in the last few years to say it's abortion.

for example, we've made great progress in Civil Rights since then - perhaps the progress has elevated some people to a law-abiding status that would prevent them from committing the crimes they would have otherwise...

Second, I'd say if our goal is to reduce crime, then kill every criminal and every child born to one or to poor circumstances....otherwise I'd say any relationship between the two is moot, because I don't believe steps for reducing crime should include killing people who haven't even committed the supposed crime they're going to grow up and commit.

either way I look at it, it's either a bullshit statistic or an unfortunate shitty side effect, not a benefit of abortion....

personally, I'm going with bullshit statistics.

RB