[Torie]

There were a huge number of abortions performed in California under the Act signed by Reagan pre Roe v Wade. That data combined with NY, and two other states, was used by some academics (one from Stanford) to write a paper arguing that abortion reduces crime rates. I posted that article a couple of years ago on this very site.

[nyconse]

Seriously, you guys are so well informed. How could I not know this. I knew abortion was legal in CA and NY-but the rest-I did not know about.