[cdheaven]

I thought this was interesting;

The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime

Abstract:
We offer evidence that legalized abortion has contributed significantly to recent crime reductions. Crime began to fall roughly 18 years after abortion legalization. The 5 states that allowed abortion in 1970 experienced declines earlier than the rest of the nation, which legalized in 1973 with Roe v. Wade. States with high abortion rates in the 1970s and 1980s experienced greater crime reductions in the 1990s. In high abortion states, only arrests of those born after abortion legalization fall relative to low abortion states. Legalized abortion appears to account for as much as 50 percent of the recent drop in crime.

to download the whole paper
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...ract_id=174508

[foofighter]

there's a book about this topic and a lot of other things like "teachers dont get paid enough" forgot the title but it's about economics, really interesting.

[cdheaven]

i have freakonomics. that might be what you are talking about. i only got half way through and then got side tracked on some other books. but its AMAZING. maybe i will finish it.

[Nikki]

I'm pro choice, but regardless, that's pretty interesting and definitely makes sense.

[foofighter]

bingo! that's it...saw a special on 20/20 - primetime and some of the things they discussed in that book in crazy

[Grashopper]

Freakonomics was a very good book. Excellent and easy read. Interesting topics and conclusions. Explaining the drug market was very interesting to me as well.