Another core argument in the pro-choice campaign is that abortion is strongly correlated with reducing crime rates. Donohue and Levitt from “The Impact of Legalized abortion on Crime” write,
We offer evidence that legalized abortion has contributed significantly to recent crime reductions. Crime began to fall roughly 18 years after abortion legalization. The 5 states that allowed abortion in 1970 experienced declines earlier than the rest of the nation, which legalized in 1973 with Roe v. Wade. States with high abortion rates in the 1970s and 1980s experienced greater crime reductions in the 1990s. In high abortion states, only arrests of those born after abortion legalization fall relative to low abortion states. Legalized abortion appears to account for as much as 50 percent of the recent drop in crime. (Donohue & Levitt) …show more content…
And, instead, the pro-choice argument is geared towards supporting safe abortion and reducing crime rates. The ideological basis of abortion attitudes comes from two very different life-styles. Suzanne Staggenborg states it best when she writes, “The issue is symbolic of a broader range of concerns. Many who oppose abortion are concerned about what they see as the change in values and lifestyles represented by abortion.” (Staggenborg, pg 50) While the debate is supposed to focus on supporting human rights it has lost its ideal purpose. As Suzanne Staggenborg describes,
Pro-choice activists tend to be highly educated women who are pursuing careers. They have not rejected motherhood, but they see it as one of the number of roles, and they tend to have just one or two well-planned children. Pro-life activists, on the other hand, are somewhat less educated, less well-off women who to be housewives and have larger families. They are also more religious than pro-choice women. (Staggenborg,
We offer evidence that legalized abortion has contributed significantly to recent crime reductions. Crime began to fall roughly 18 years after abortion legalization. The 5 states that allowed abortion in 1970 experienced declines earlier than the rest of the nation, which legalized in 1973 with Roe v. Wade. States with high abortion rates in the 1970s and 1980s experienced greater crime reductions in the 1990s. In high abortion states, only arrests of those born after abortion legalization fall relative to low abortion states. Legalized abortion appears to account for as much as 50 percent of the recent drop in crime. (Donohue & Levitt) …show more content…
And, instead, the pro-choice argument is geared towards supporting safe abortion and reducing crime rates. The ideological basis of abortion attitudes comes from two very different life-styles. Suzanne Staggenborg states it best when she writes, “The issue is symbolic of a broader range of concerns. Many who oppose abortion are concerned about what they see as the change in values and lifestyles represented by abortion.” (Staggenborg, pg 50) While the debate is supposed to focus on supporting human rights it has lost its ideal purpose. As Suzanne Staggenborg describes,
Pro-choice activists tend to be highly educated women who are pursuing careers. They have not rejected motherhood, but they see it as one of the number of roles, and they tend to have just one or two well-planned children. Pro-life activists, on the other hand, are somewhat less educated, less well-off women who to be housewives and have larger families. They are also more religious than pro-choice women. (Staggenborg,