tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post114423658952068749..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Contraception and Abortion Create More Poor, Fatherless KidsGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-1144554332139320372006-04-08T23:45:00.000-04:002006-04-08T23:45:00.000-04:00As I recall, the Freakonomics argument was not so ...As I recall, the Freakonomics argument was not so much that we aborted the unwanted, who would have gone on to be criminals, but the number of young people is smaller due to abortion, so the number of lawbreakers is diminished.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-1144553192338704322006-04-08T23:26:00.000-04:002006-04-08T23:26:00.000-04:00What about the whole argument that the reason that...What about the whole argument that the reason that crime dropped in the 1990s (despite predictions that it would continue to rise), is that we, as a nation, effectively aborted a whole generation of criminals (starting in the mid-70s when abortion became legal )? (I can't remember the author, but I know there is reference to this theory in Freakonomics; idea that being unwanted is the greatest predictor that one will end up down and out and that by definition, a fetus that was aborted was unwanted). Understand the argument of the author as you have laid it out in your blog, but I wonder how the author would deal with this body of evidence?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-1144495677262588762006-04-08T07:27:00.000-04:002006-04-08T07:27:00.000-04:00Sorry about that, everyone. The sleaze slips in so...Sorry about that, everyone. The sleaze slips in sometimes.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.com