Why is abortion such an issue in the USA?

[Mo~]

[Philly]

[Professor]

Speaking of abortion, I'm reading a book right now that talks about it. They analyzed the possible causes of the crime rate drop in the 90s. They looked at the following factors:

- tighter gun laws
- surging economy
- more capital punishment
- more police officers
- more people sent to prison
- decline of crack-cocaine market

While they did find that more officers and people in prison had some effect (surprisingly, the economy was actually a non-factor, as crime did not soar during the great recession), none of those factors accounted for the entire drop. You know what did? Abortion.

Basically, as abortion rates grew from a few hundred illegal abortions to 1.8 million legal abortions, and those abortions were occurring in mainly disadvantaged households (the types where kids typically turn to crime - low-income, single-parent, etc.), there were simply fewer people for whom crime seemed the only answer.

[The Dharma Bum]

there is another way to achieve the same effect without liquidating millions of human lives

simply take away the economic and educational disadvantages that persist in our society because our mode of production is geared toward private profit rather than responsible and equitable distribution

[Professor]

[eynon81]

[Professor]

[The Dharma Bum]

[The Dharma Bum]

[Philly]