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Originally Posted by Azure
Why should I pay for her abortion, and why should I pay to support her kid?
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If you read freakanomics by Stephan Levitt he has an interesting theory on abortion.
Basically after doing a whole bunch of regression analysis on abortion and crime data he found that the roe v. wade decision and its implentation accross various states was highly corolated more so then any other factors for a reduction in crime 20ish years laters.
Essentially people getting abortions are low income, low education and therefore the potential outcomes for their offsprings are far lower then the average child so by them not being born you reduce the future number of criminals.
So if you believe his study you should actually support the government funding of abotions for teenage moms because it will save money long term.