rich
Didn't read it yet, but it is enticing. The author says that the main reason for our significantly lower crime rate here in the U.S. is due to abortions. It makes sense to me.
Count me in on that. I've read it half a dozen times, and I still have to ask - significantly lower than what?rich said:Hmmm, read it again drgnlvr, you must've misunderstod.
rich said:Check nationwide stats on crime for the past three decades. That fact is not disputable. The abortion issue is.
What fact? Not all of us have got time to read the sodding book. Can you not just tell us what the fact is?rich said:Hmmm, guess all of us should read the book.
Check nationwide stats on crime for the past three decades. That fact is not disputable.
William Haskins said:took me 20 seconds to find an academic study that suggests the exact opposite:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=270126
One of the authors is from the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think-tank which takes a public and vocal anti-abortion stand. (Say hi to Newt Gingrich and Lynn Cheney next time you stop in.) He therefore arrives with an agenda which precludes objectivity.