Even though it's strange to admit, the premise that abortion was the biggest cause of the decline in violent crime makes more sense than any of the other explanations offered by the so-called "experts". The way that Levitt went through and analyzed each and every one of those possible explanations and was able to refute them with strong evidence made his argument even more clear. And while some of the claims did still have a cause on the decline, specifically increased number of police and changes in the drug markets, abortion appears to be the true cause of the decline. So, I believe that abortion kept those children who would have grown up with an inclination to be criminals from being born, but I'm not really a believer in abortion.
I don't think that it ever needs to get to that point. I know a few married couples who were unable to have their own child and ended up adopting. Those people actually couldn't get any babies here in the U.S., so they ended up adopting. In fact, one couple actually adopted from Romania, and this was right around 1989. However, if abortion hadn't been a choice, I'm sure that they would have been able to find plenty of children that needed to be adopted here. There's no reason why a girl should have an abortion when there are plenty of other people out there who would want their baby.
So, I guess my stance is similar to the one I have about cheating: if you're going to take the risk, you need to suffer the consequences. In this case, that would be carrying the baby to full term and giving it up for adoption. There are a lot of people who have the ability and desire to provide that child with a much better life.
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I guess the reason I was so passionate about the abortion issues is that i too have a lot of friends who have everything but cannot have children. I know first hand how painful this is to those who suffer the indignity and frustration. Thinking that the world is a better place because people are able to abort just seem to set up scenarios that I cannot allow myself to accept. I mean, if you and to choose between the pain of crime and that of empty families that are childless, which would you take?
You make a good point in that every unborn child should be given a chance. Although i am not for one side or the other technically, you are right in that there are many families out there that would be willing to adopt your child and make a good home/life for it. On the other hand, I feel that a lot of women who choose to have abortions do so because they don't want anyone finding out that they are pregnant for lack of family support etc.
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