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1999-08-05 09:00:00+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Did the legalization of abortion lead to a lower crime rate?

Levitt said the findings support the idea that legalized abortion "provides a way for the would-be mothers of those kids who are going to lead really tough lives to avoid bringing them into the world. They're the ones who are most likely to have been unloved by their mothers, to have faced intense poverty, to have had tough lives."

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