You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: Abortion: Your body, your choice? Or is it the child's body that you are choosing for?
Have you heard of freakonomics? In the book, the author shows, with the data, the effects that legalized abortion had on the crime rate. It was a pretty interesting argument for abortion. I can't think of a good argument for it myself, but it's easier as a man. There are certain situations I don't have to deal with.
that was actually the best example for the book. no future delinquents were born :)
I'm not aware of too many crticisms of Freakonomics and its generally well regarded, but this particular claim has not stood up to scrutiny. Heres some reading if youre interested:
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.600.6558
https://uncertaintyblog.com/2013/08/15/fooled-again-pinker-puts-a-nail-in-the-coffin-of-the-freakonomics-crime-theory/comment-page-1/
http://www.economist.com/node/5246700