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Freakonomics’ Steven Levitt On The Secret To Making Tough Choices

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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.

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