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After Roe v Wade (a US Supreme court ruling on abortion, millios of poor single women had abortions insread of future potential criminals:20 years later the set of potentialoffenders had shrunk, along with the crime rate. Levitt employed a comparative statistical analysis to show that the five states that legalized abortion at least two years before Roe v Wade witnessed a crime decline earlier than the other 45 states. Further those states with the highest abortion rates in the 1970s experienced the greatest fall in crime in the 1990s. ......My question is: Did Roe v Wade lead to an increase of criminal abortions, or did it have a moral cleansing effect in many states?

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Redroses
Redroses Answered:

first of all I do not believe in abortion it is cruel and unfair to the child to have a chance at live. we are not the judge to say who lives or dies GOD is..... the only time a woman should have an abortion is if her life is in danger by carrying the fetus.

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Mack
Mack Answered:

I do not believe in abortion period! But to say that is the reason why we don't have as many criminals is just plain ludicris. Anyone can be a criminal. Look at some of the priest and clergy of all religions. They broke the law in different ways to even include murder. Then there are the politicians. Most of them are criminals (what they do with our tax money can be likened to embeslment). Then there are the people who live in abject poverty. All have the potential to be criminals but many of the children are fighting to rise above this stigma.

So do you really think that abortion reduce the birth rate of criminals. What about it reducing the rate of the ultra smart? Did abortion take the life of someone who could cure all types of cancer? What about AIDS? No one ever thinks of this senerio.

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buckeye
buckeye Answered:

Read these articles and I think you will find the conclusions very interesting.

 

Donohue and Levitt, "The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime" (PDF) Quarterly Journal of Economics

 

Steve Sailer, Did Legalizing Abortion Cut Crime?.

 

Ted Joyce Did Legalized Abortion Lower Crime?

"I never learned anything when I was talking." Larry King
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Lido
Lido Answered:

Even if abortions resulted in fewer criminals, it is always wrong to do evil so that some good may result.

Love one another.
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~American~~Patriot~
~American~~Patriot~ Answered:

The loony left want to kill Disabled Kids.

Smothering’ Pundit: Abortions Can be ‘Moral’ and ‘Unselfish’ for Disabled Kids

  


More from U.K. advice columnist Virginia Ironside:

Abortion can often be seen as something wicked or irresponsible but in fact it can be a moral and unselfish act. If a baby is to be born severely disabled or totally unwanted, surely abortion is the act of a loving mother.

(H/T: Hot Air)

The video appears to be the introduction to a video posted yesterday, in which Ironside admits she would smother a child if it was in “agony.”

Who is Ironside? Besides an advice columnist, a quick look at her website shows at least what she is: she describes herself as “Not totally happy,” adding, “but who is? Don’t let’s kid ourselves. Many more of us wake up in the morning dreading the day ahead than would like to admit.”

I don't wish to be argumentative ,but I disagree with the Islamic belief that I should be killed! " If radical atheists decided they needed to kill believers to ensure their place in nothingness, I'd be criticizing that too."
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