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Re: dropping crime rates
by northwoods

Not really.

The pill went to more affluent people. Reducing their offspring did not reduce crime because their children would have been less likely to become involved in a life of crime.

The women who now resort to abortion are those who could not afford the pill--or were too disorganized to take necessary precautions. Their children would have been of lower income, as well, and would have been more likely to become repeat offenders.

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