EPISODE · Jul 24, 2022 · 33 MIN
Episode 51: Is There a Link Between Abortion and Crime?
from Mansplaining · host Mark and Joe
Send us Fan MailA controversial 2001 academic paper suggested that there’s a connection between Roe v. Wade’s legalization of abortion in 1973 and the reduction in crime that followed a generation later in the 1990s. With crime again rising in a post-Roe America, Mark and Joe discuss the Donohue-Levitt hypothesis, the many alternative explanations offered since its publication, and whether it’s even possible to know the truth of the matter. (Recorded July 22, 2022.)
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Send us Fan Mail A controversial 2001 academic paper suggested that there’s a connection between Roe v. Wade’s legalization of abortion in 1973 and the reduction in crime that followed a generation later in the 1990s. With crime again rising in a post-Roe America, Mark and Joe discuss the Donohue-Levitt hypothesis, the many alternative explanations offered since its publication, and whether it’s even possible to know the truth of the matter. (Recorded July 22, 2022.)
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Episode 51: Is There a Link Between Abortion and Crime?
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