Study shows abortion lowers crime

[Annuvin]

Originally Posted by my54ford

Actually this is the case here in the US a simple study of Abortions here in the US suggests this to be accurate. Abortion is most often committed by those with less education and poor .@ 62% of abortions are by non-whites. .Couple that with a search of what groups commit the most crime and you will see the numbers don't lie abortion cuts into that segment of the population that commits the most crimes....

This does not explain why crime rates have fallen at the same pace in all socioeconomic regions of America, nor does it explain falling crime rates in every single country that environmental lead exposure has been studied in.

If your abortion theory was correct, then crime rates would be falling much faster in places like Detroit and East St. Louis than they would places like Manhattan or Boston.

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by weltschmerz

I've been saying that for years.
People claim that we're aborting the next Einstein or Mozart, but I beg to differ. Children who aren't wanted, aren't nurtured and encouraged.
I worked in psychiatry for many years, and it was a common theme for the insane and the criminally insane. 'My mother never wanted me.'

'Every mother a willing mother. Every child a wanted child.'
-Dr. Henry Morgentaler

Interesting and fascinating.

Do you see this same theme recurring among adoptees, or is it something which is seen solely within those who were raised by a birth mother who didn't want them? Also, if they're insane or criminally insane, how can one verify that they are even capable of being honest with medical professionals or their own self?

[my54ford]

Originally Posted by Annuvin

This does not explain why crime rates have fallen at the same pace in all socioeconomic regions of America, nor does it explain falling crime rates in every single country that environmental lead exposure has been studied in.

If your abortion theory was correct, then crime rates would be falling much faster in places like Detroit and East St. Louis than they would places like Manhattan or Boston.

Sorry this a one line response but I don't have time to do people research for them this morning. I suggest a study on the total population demographic for those places. I think you may find that people who are not prone to crime do not live in the former locations....

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by Futurist110

Well, to be fair, one might be able to make a case that getting abortions in order to prevent disabled offspring from being born is a form of eugenics. For instance, I think I heard that around 90% of Down's syndrome embryos/fetuses are aborted.

I'm having problems sharing the ABC news link, but the figure in 2009 was 92%. Sadly, these were wanted children with a genetic issue the parents did not want.
I'm pro choice, although the above upsets me and does smack of eugenics.

Going back to the topic -- the thought appears to be unwanted children grow to become criminals; has anyone studied prison populations consisting of inmates born post Roe v. Wade and compared them to inmates born before that decision?

The topic has truly piqued my curiosity.