The economist Steven Levitt was the first to discover a link between abortion and falling crime rates. In cities where abortion was legalized, crime rates fell dramatically about 20 years after the law was passed. (His study concerned New York)
This is because the people most likely to have abortions are those below the poverty line, teenage mothers etc. Basically the same group that produces most criminals.
If we offered $500 to anybody who volunteered to be sterilized, these are exactly the people who would take up the offer.
I believe this would reduce crime, save a fortune on social welfare and have many other beneficial effects.
What do you think?
2006-08-28
08:32:33
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