Posted on 08/05/2019 4:35:06 PM PDT by Morgana
When it comes to the issue of crime and the way we talk about it, were in a strange place. For a few years now, weve been hearing lots of statistics that tell us that the crime rate nationally, and in many communities, community, is as low as it has been in decades. Yet, the perception lingers that the incidence of crime has never been higher.
There may be several reasons for this disconnect. If I had to venture a guess, one reason would be that some politicians can never go wrong by scaring the hell out of everyone with rampant-crime scenarios, then running on a tough on crime platform. Its a winner almost every time. Another reason for perceptions of out-of-control crime simply may be the omnipresent power of social media, with instant video of things we couldnt have consumed visually a generation ago.
But, for all of the discussion about crime and why it has dropped to historic lows, something is often overlooked by the public that is just as startling: its the apparent connection between legal abortion and reductions in crime.
In 2001, economists Steve Levitt and John Donohue published a paper to the effect that legalized abortion following the Supreme Courts 1973 Roe v. Wade decision was a factor accounting for roughly half the drop in crime nationwide a generation later. In 2005, Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner published the book Freakonomics, which exposed this research to a mass audience.
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Shut up Sir.
A racist claim? Of course not...because "progressives" are never racist.
This is exactly what the El Paso shooter said in his supposed Manifesto - that overpopulation was leading to increased crime.
Think about it. Which demographic group has really been hit hard by abortions? Which group hasn’t grown in population percentage over the last several decades because so many pregnant women have availed themselves of the procedure? Which group was Margaret Sanger eager to eliminate? And which group tends to be over represented in crime stats?
If the claim that crime rate is down because of legalized abortion, what are they saying to Black America? And yet conservatives are being labeled racist.
It might be true. I don’t care. I am not going to be for the murder of babies because they might grow up to be bad guys.
If the claim that crime rate is down because of legalized abortion, what are they saying to Black America?
I’ll stick with Freakonomics.
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