115). They delve into the theories that were given by most of the crime experts, and then expand on the crime and abortion correlation previously discussed. Starting with the rise of crime in Romania post a ban on abortion, they discuss each of the most highly held explanations, including innovative policing, increased reliance on prisons, and an aging population, to tougher gun control. While it may be more comforting to believe that the crime drop was due to intense policing or gun control, it was legalized abortion that undoubtedly had the most dramatic effect on the crime rate. In the wake of Roe v. Wade, millions of American women had abortions by the 1980’s. The type of woman likely to take advantage of legalized abortion were the underprivileged, uneducated, and unskilled, so had these children been born, they would have been 50 percent more likely to live in poverty, and thus extremely likely to have a criminal
115). They delve into the theories that were given by most of the crime experts, and then expand on the crime and abortion correlation previously discussed. Starting with the rise of crime in Romania post a ban on abortion, they discuss each of the most highly held explanations, including innovative policing, increased reliance on prisons, and an aging population, to tougher gun control. While it may be more comforting to believe that the crime drop was due to intense policing or gun control, it was legalized abortion that undoubtedly had the most dramatic effect on the crime rate. In the wake of Roe v. Wade, millions of American women had abortions by the 1980’s. The type of woman likely to take advantage of legalized abortion were the underprivileged, uneducated, and unskilled, so had these children been born, they would have been 50 percent more likely to live in poverty, and thus extremely likely to have a criminal