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Does abortion being legal explain the dramatic drop in violent crime?
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:13 am
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:13 am
About 20 years after Roe v Wade, murder and other violent crimes started a steady and continual decline. Is it a coincidence or what else explains this?
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Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:15 am to sabes que
Abortion is a violent crime.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:15 am to sabes que
quote:
Does abortion being legal explain the dramatic drop in violent crime?
Where do you live, that there has been a dramatic drop in crime?
Man you love these straw man threads don't you? Your first got whacked, going for a double play?
This post was edited on 9/16/21 at 11:16 am
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:15 am to sabes que
DNA evidence
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:15 am to sabes que
Why are you being so racist? The vast majority of aborted babies (per planned parenthood's original mission) are blacks. Are you saying that blacks are more violent?
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:16 am to sabes que
Law changes in the 80s to put drug dealers and repeat offenders behind bars likely had a larger impact on that.
Roe was still about 16 years before NYC hit rock bottom and Bernie Goetz plugged some gang kids intending to rob him on the El train.
Roe was still about 16 years before NYC hit rock bottom and Bernie Goetz plugged some gang kids intending to rob him on the El train.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:16 am to sabes que
Because aborted babies would have been criminals? Because this board is racist?
Moron
Moron
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:17 am to BugAC
Statistics disagree with you, murders are less than 50 percent what were in 1980.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:17 am to sabes que
quote:
Does abortion being legal explain the dramatic drop in violent crime?
No
Although congrats. You've read Dubner and Levitt and brought it here about a decade late.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:18 am to sabes que
quote:
Statistics disagree with you
Please, post the statistics.
quote:
murders are less than 50 percent what were in 1980.
Where? Again post statistics. And when did abortion get legalized? Your threads are nothing more than you creating straw man arguments then getting whacked. Suffice it to say, you fail pretty hard here.
This post was edited on 9/16/21 at 11:19 am
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:18 am to sabes que
It probably accounts for some.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:18 am to BugAC
quote:Well. It depends on what your start date is. But, if your start date is 1980, then yes, there's been a precipitous drop in violent crime.
Where do you live, that there has been a dramatic drop in crime?
But it ain't cause of abortion.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:19 am to Padme
quote:Born to a parent that doesn’t want to even have them, statistically, yes, way more likely.
Because aborted babies would have been criminals?
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:21 am to BugAC
quote:Honestly, as ridiculous as OP is, the stats he refers to are well known and should be common knowledge.
Where? Again post statistics. And when did abortion get legalized? Your threads are nothing more than you creating straw man arguments then getting whacked. Suffice it to say, you fail pretty hard here.
Alas, the reason for the drop can almost entirely be attributed to nothing more than age demographics.
Crime is calculated as a rate and, the vast majority of violent crime is committed by males between the ages of 18-35.
That age group has shrunk DRAMATICALLY over the last 40 years while the older age groups have grown.
Thus, basic math at that point.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:22 am to sabes que
Not as much as advancements in medical practices
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:23 am to sabes que
quote:You MIGHT be able to attribute a tiny fraction of the overall drop to abortion.
Born to a parent that doesn’t want to even have them, statistically, yes, way more likely.
The REAL driver though was the birth control pill.
That cratered our birth rate such that today, there are far fewer 18-35 year old males per 100K population than there used to be.
Simple
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:24 am to NashvilleTider
quote:
Are you saying that blacks are more violent?
Actually, it's FBI statistics that PROVE that.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:25 am to BugAC
Are you saying murder rates aren’t 50 percent of what they are in 1980? Lol look it up
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:26 am to sabes que
quote:I already answered your OP.
Are you saying murder rates aren’t 50 percent of what they are in 1980? Lol look it up
Ya know. As long as you're looking up stats and all
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:26 am to sabes que
It's still not as low as it was in the 40s. Ask yourself why did it increase, not why is it half way lower.
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