[gcruse]

Min/Mans have worked.

Abortion is a hot topic, but I wonder what part of the reduction in crime can be attributed simply to Roe v Wade?

The threat of a high maximum sentence is not a deterrent.  However, keeping criminals locked up surely decreases the crime they would be committing out on the street, never mind that the incarceration may cost more than the crimes themselves. 

The only answer I can find is to eliminate victimless crimes.  Ending prohibition didn't put the country on a drinking binge.

[wardaddy]

Yes....abortion has depleted the "youth pool" that would have come of age gradually with the implementation of FSGA and the effect has been enhanced by that....no doubt.

A good point.