
Freakonomics’ Steven Levitt On The Secret To Making Tough Choices
Big Brains
00:00
The Link Between Crime and Abortion
This chapter explores the hypothesis that the decrease in crime during the 1990s was due to the reduction in unwanted children as a result of legalized abortion. The speakers discuss the data on abortion, the decline in domestic adoption, and the difficulty of obtaining abortions, while emphasizing the importance of a woman's right to choose and the ethical aspects of abortion.
Transcript
Play full episode