Between 1965 and 1990 murder skyrocketed in the US during this time abortion was legalized the steady decline began only after capital punishment was reinstated..
That's just as monstrous of a statement as the abortionist lawyer. Pure evil.
There are seven too many words in this sentence.
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I have heard that argument before (from the Freakonomics folks, IIRC). But I don't buy it. If it were true, then the places with higher abortion rates would have had greater drops in crime, and all of the statistics I've seen show that not to be the case.
Instead, I believe the drop in crime in the U.S. is based on better policing and more liberal (from a Jeffersonian perspective) concealed carry laws. Ironically, some of the drop in crime was also due to Bill Clinton, whose draconian gun control policies convinced a lot of people who otherwise were apathetic to the gun control debate to go out and buy a firearm for their home. Since the inverse correlation of crime to gun ownership is well established (Kleck, Lott, etc) I think that improved gun ownership had more of a positive effect than abortion ever did, if abortion had any positive effect at all.
1.Who will eventurally become a criminal and
2.Which human life is worthy to be lived and which is not.
It always amazes me that man, even after thousands of years of history of other fallen men taking on the role of God with disasterous, horrific consequences, still arrogantly considers himself to be the center of the universe and therefore wholly qualified to make proclamations and decisions that God has reserved for Himself.
Incredible.
The bit of Freakonomics "theory" has been completely debunked. Abortion is not the cause of the crime drop.
Rhino: Why do you think the crime rate has dropped so steadily in the past 40 years? We are murdering would be criminals before they are born. Its not worth the cost in human life but its a real result from abortion.
I'd like to see the problem addressed before conception
Explain your underlying assumptions, if you will. It seems that you are implying that criminality is innate (genetic). Is this what you are saying?
If tomorrow, some unforseen misfortune occured in your life and you lost everything you now have and as a consequence, you found yourself among the ranks of the poor with no hope for recovery, should any future offspring you sired be deemed 'criminal?" and thus needful of 'abortion.' After all, if you had 'made it in life,' so to speak, but then 'lost everything,' wouldn''t that be indicative of 'poor genes"?---the sort from which society ought to be protected?
You're also murdering doctors, lawyers, American workers who would be paying into social security and taxes... not to mention future members of the military. So I guess you love the idea of illegals then... cheaper right? I bet you love their kids (those who have the kids, rule the world). No one looks at the moral implications of it... it's not just get rid of it and that's it. It affects all of society. Not just migration.
Between 1965 and 1990 murder skyrocketed in the US during this time abortion was legalized the steady decline began only after capital punishment was reinstated..
"Why do you think the crime rate has dropped so steadily in the past 40 years? We are murdering would be criminals before they are born. Its not worth the cost in human life but its a real result from abortion."
Sounds good to me. Capital punishment for those who MIGHT grow up to be criminals.
Don't take this on faith. Read it and weigh the evidence:
Pre-emptive Executions?
The notion that legalizing abortion drives down crime rates is logically flawed and morally repugnant.
by Steve Sailer
http://amconmag.com/2005_05_09/feature.html
That's a leap not supported by fact. Fact is that economic opportunity is the largest crime fighter that we produce, and we produce the most of it on the planet. That's why everybody wants to come here. (see tagline)
In the big picture, what's the difference if it's addressed before or shortly after conception? Once you assert that it's ethical to exercise some control over who gets to be born and live a life and who doesn't, the outcome is the same. If you stop a rape, you might well be stopping a conception, which would be preventing a life which might have been. Does this mean you shouldn't try to stop a rape if you can? Sure, I'm glad I'm here having a life, but if I weren't, it certainly wouldn't make a whit of difference to me whether my life had been prevented shortly before or shortly after conception.